Seth Rogen Tells Us How They Wound Up Casting Channing Tatum In ‘This Is The End’

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00:00Seth Rogen tells us how they wound up casting Channing Tatum in This Is The End.

00:05At an event in Soho for his pottery ashtray smoking furniture paraphernalia brand houseplant,

00:11BroBible had a chance to chat a bit with actor, writer, director and producer Seth Rogen.

00:17Being a millennial who came of age watching Rogen's comedies, there was only one movie we could think of asking him about.

00:23This Is The End.

00:25When listing the best comedies of the 2000s and 2010s, This Is The End written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

00:32isn't necessarily a film that's at the top of lists as it's more of a cult classic than a stone-cold masterpiece.

00:38But to men of a certain age like the writer, that movie was like the comedic Avengers,

00:44as it not only rounded up some of the funniest actors in Hollywood, but had them playing themselves.

00:48Now, with this being a more casual event for his pottery brand houseplant and not an official content opportunity for a movie,

00:56it wasn't the sort of situation where we could stick a camera in his face and record him,

01:00like we did with The Rock a few weeks ago.

01:03But we did get enough from Seth that we could report on it the old-fashioned way.

01:07According to Rogen, they always knew they wanted an A-lister to play Danny McBride's henchman,

01:12and Channing Tatum was their first choice.

01:14Why?

01:15Because Jonah Hill had a relationship with him from 21 Jump Street.

01:19Rogen and his creative partner Evan Goldberg asked Hill if they thought Tatum would be interested.

01:25Hill thought Tatum would be game, so Rogen simply emailed him.

01:28He even whipped out his phone in an effort to find it.

01:31Something along the lines of,

01:32Yo dude, would you be down to play Danny McBride's G?

01:36Obviously Tatum, or as McBride dubs him in the film, Channing Taint Yum,

01:40wound up saying yes and became an infamous part of one of that generation's best and final major studio comedies.

01:46Thank you so much.

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