Seth Rogen
Comedian is allowed to play Steven Spielberg’s favorite uncle
No longer known exclusively for clapper rolls: Seth Rogen
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Seth Rogen will soon be working with Steven Spielberg. In a drama about the director’s youth, Rogen is said to play his uncle.
Actor and comedian Seth Rogen (38) didn’t have to think twice before he took on this part. Like the US site “The Hollywood Reporter” reports, Steven Spielberg (74) is said to have personally chosen him to play the director’s favorite uncle in a film project. Previously, the industry site previously reported that the “Fellowship” director will turn his formative youth, which he spent in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the US state of Arizona, into a coming-of-age drama. And Rogen is now apparently on board.
Another main role of the still untitled project is said to have already been cast. For example, “Dawson’s Creek” star Michelle Williams (40) can be seen in a part that has not yet been described in detail – at 40, the role as mother of the main character could well fit. According to the report, auditions are currently taking place in order to find the young leading actor as soon as possible.
The passion for filmmaking
Spielberg is said to have already written the script for this with his long-term work colleague Tony Kushner (64), and in addition to directing, he will also be responsible for production. Although the boy in the film is apparently not called Steven, he does seem to have lived through many of the filmmaker’s autobiographical stations. For example the anti-Semitism that Spielberg and his family faced. But also his irrepressible fascination with experimenting with the medium of film with his father’s Super 8 camera from earliest childhood.
The shooting will start in July of this year, with a release expected in 2022. If everything goes according to plan, another film by the Spielberg / Kushner team will be released this year. Together they wrote and shot a remake of the musical “West Side Story” with Ansel Elgort (27) in the lead role. US launch should be in December.