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Seth Rogen believes his acting career would be in ruins if one of his old audition tapes saw the light of day.
The actor became a household name after starring in a series of risque comedies throughout the 2000s – among them Superbad, Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin.
But Rogen believes an audition tape he made before establishing himself in Hollywood could result in his cancellation should it be viewed retrospectively by a younger generation of fans.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Canadian star, 43, revealed he once auditioned for the role of Brian in notorious 2003 flop Gigli, a poorly received romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.
He recalled: ‘Thank god it was mostly physical VHS tapes and stuff like that that was being used when I was auditioning for things.
‘Because the things I auditioned for, in retrospect, if they were out there in the world, they would end my career very, very fast, I believe.’
Seth Rogen believes his acting career would be in ruins if one of his old audition tapes saw the light of day
Rogen revealed he once auditioned for the role of Brian in notorious 2003 flop Gigli, a poorly received romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
He added: ‘I auditioned for this boy with a cognitive disability. And I don’t think the script was written in what, by today’s standards, would be the most sensitive portrayal of a boy with a cognitive disability.’
Rogen threw himself into the portrayal because he ‘didn’t get a lot of auditions’ and was ‘an aspiring young actor’ – but admitted to being so ashamed that he couldn’t reenact it for Kimmel’s studio audience.
‘I’m tempted to do an impression of what I did and I can’t even do it,’ he said. ‘That’s how bad it was. Truthfully, if that tape was out today, this would be the last video you see of me today – outside of my apology tour.
‘Please, if you have it, burn it. Please sell it to me. I will buy it.’
The role would ultimately go to Justin Bartha – but it would be a lucky escape for Rogan, with the film being pulled from US cinemas after just three weeks following disastrous box office returns and scathing reviews.
The admission comes after Rogen’s jokes about US president Donald Trump were cut out of the broadcast of one of the most prestigious science awards shows in the world.
The Pineapple Express actor and writer was presenting an award during April’s Breakthrough prize ceremony, a heavily-funded awards programme that aims to recognise ‘outstanding scientific achievements’.
The programme, which describes itself as the ‘Oscars of science’, was co-founded by many of the world’s biggest tech founders including Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The role would ultimately go to Justin Bartha (pictured) – but it would be a lucky escape for Rogan, with the film being pulled from US cinemas after just three weeks
Rogen threw himself into the portrayal because he ‘didn’t get a lot of auditions’ and was ‘an aspiring young actor’ – but admitted to being so ashamed that he couldn’t reenact it
Rogen reportedly cracked some harsh jokes at the US president’s expense as he and actor Edward Norton presented a special prize in fundamental physics to Gerardus ‘t Hooft.
According to the Hollywood Reporter he addressed the audience, which included Brin and Zuckerberg as well as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said: ‘It’s amazing that others [who have been] in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science.’
He added: ‘It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320m and RFK Jr, very fast.’
But the jokes were not included in the ‘full’ YouTube upload of the ceremony.
Breakthrough told the Hollywood Reporter: ‘This year’s ceremony lasted longer than the prior few years, and several edits were made in order to meet the originally planned run time.’
Rogen’s joke appeared to take aim at how quickly Silicon Valley founders cosied up to Trump after he won the White House.
Zuckerberg, Bezos and Altman donated $1million (£760,000) each to Trump’s inauguration committee after he was elected.
The admission comes after Rogen’s jokes about US president Donald Trump were cut out of the broadcast of April’s Breakthrough prize ceremony (pictured)
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