Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz, stars of latest Apple TV+ Hollywood satire The Studio, met in a manner that feels prefer it was written in a comedy script.

"I used to be capturing Eastbound and Down with Danny McBride, and he referred to as me and was like, 'Hey, are you aware Seth Rogen?,'" Barinholtz defined Wednesday throughout Sirius XM's City Corridor hosted by Andy Cohen. " I used to be like, 'I do know who he’s.' He goes, 'Do you’ve any weed?' and I used to be like, 'Yeah, I’ve a bit of.' He goes, 'Are you able to go all the way down to room 237 and provides Seth Rogen some weed?'"

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It was 2012, and Rogen was capturing an episode of McBride's HBO comedy, through which Barinholtz had a recurring function as pitcher Ivan Dochenko. His character was a rival of McBride's former professional baseball player-turned-high college health club instructor Kenny Powers.

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"What's humorous is, from my perspective, I arrive in North Carolina to shoot an episode of Danny's present and I name after I get there and I'm like, 'I didn't deliver any weed right here. Have you learnt anybody with weed?' And he's like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna ship Ike over to your room.' I acquired a knock on the door and it's Ike, who I believed was Danny's assistant, and so I wasn't — I don't suppose I used to be impolite to you — however I used to be similar to, 'Thanks.'"

Nonetheless, Barinholtz's hopes had been dashed. "I'd been wanting to satisfy him for years," he stated of Rogen. "I used to be actually excited."

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Rogen was much more confused about Barinholtz's id later.

"That night time, all of us went to a bar and my character on the present, they made a t-shirt wit my face on it, so the followers might put on it," Barinholtz stated. "A bunch of the crew members had been carrying that t-shirt one night time."

Rogen thought, "This man's a preferred assistant!'"

It was ultimately sorted out.

The 2 later labored collectively when Barinholtz was forged within the 2018 film Blockers, which Rogen produced. Of their newest challenge collectively, Rogen performs film studio head Matt Remick, whereas Barinholtz is his greatest buddy and right-hand man, Sal Seperstein.

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