For the previous decade, Seth Rogen has had his palms full with loads of appearing, writing and producing duties — however he has not directed a movie since 2014’s The Interview, for comprehensible causes.
The Interview starred Rogen and James Franco as their characters landed an interview with North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, then have been recruited by the CIA to assassinate him. The movie famously brought about an international incident, with the North Korean authorities threatening the USA if Sony launched it and Sony being hit with a massive cyberattack shortly after.
Rogen and associate Evan Goldberg directed the film collectively, their second directorial effort after 2013’s This Is the Finish. Reduce to 2026 and Rogen has directed loads of TV episodes — together with for his hit sequence The Studio — however has but to direct one other characteristic.
“It has been a while. The last one we did almost started a war, so that made us maybe a little gun-shy for a little while,” Rogen admitted on the premiere of his new film The Invite on Wednesday. “We eased back in through television and it seemed to go well, so we do talk about maybe, hopefully, directing a film next year actually.” He added that in at present’s Hollywood, “We’re not the biggest problem anymore.”
For now, he’s starring in one other actor-director’s car, Olivia Wilde‘s The Invite, which sees him and Wilde as a pair barely protecting their marriage collectively who invite their neighbors (Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton) over for a rapidly derailed banquet.
Rogen joked that merely being a employed actor — moderately than his traditional multihyphenate function — on the film was refreshing, as “It’s nice when there’s a conversation happening over there and you’re like, ‘Normally I’d be a part of that conversation that everyone looks pretty miserable to be a part of.’ And I can just scroll Instagram and talk to Edward.”
He additionally had excessive reward for Wilde, noting, “I’ve worked with some people who are acting and directing at the same time and I always really enjoy it. To me, she was very bold in both respects, which I found to be really impressive, like she was taking big swings both as an actor and director.”
The Invite slides into choose theaters on Friday, opening large July 10.
