Seth Rogen says the invisible paintings of two other people helped him succeed in his functionality at HBO’s Max’s An American Pickle.
Appearing practically on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the actor revealed that at a table reading, Ike Barinholtz was playing in front of him. They all read as one of the two main characters in comedy-drama, Herschel Greenbaum and his great-grandson, Ben Greenbaum. For Rogen, who says he was already wondering about his ability to play the dual role, Barinholtz’s functionality led him to reconsider if they even needed it in any of the roles.
“It’s not something I’ve approached lightly, and I’ve tried to get over it several times,” Rogen told Meyers. “We did a table reading in which Ike Barinholtz read the role of Herschel at one point and it was very funny. And I didn’t forget to think, ‘Oh, we had like … we don’t love each other.'”
Although the delight created doubts for Rogen, everything worked and, despite everything, he was able to perceive the delight and was convinced that he could play either role in a film he described as “incredibly complicated”. To play any of the games, I had to do “the first total part as Herschel, then we went back to the other side as Ben.”
But Barinholtz wasn’t the only person whose behind-the-scenes presence impacted Rogen’s work on An American Pickle, which is now streaming. The movie’s lead actor and producer credited his stand-in, Ian Poake, saying he made Rogen’s performance “much better.”
“It was in some ways very selfless,” Rogen said. “He was compensated, but in some ways, a very selfless thing for him to do was essentially act in an entire movie with the understanding he would be removed from it later.”
Like him, Poake played both roles and confronted Rogen “in almost every scene.” He was content to “sit there and hunt me,” explained the star and was absolutely “malleable” and expert at blocking.
“I don’t forget to tell you, in components, like, “The better you do your job, the less you feel like you exist,” Rogen told Meyers.” To thrive for the total evaporation of your component, this is the goal “I’m sorry to bat,” and it’s done an amazing job.”
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