I mandags var det ti år siden, at stoner-komedien ’Pineapple Express’ havde premiere. Siden da er filmens fanskare kun vokset, og den har efterhånden opnået en slags kultstatus.
For at fejre jubilæet har Seth Rogen, der både spillede en hovedrolle og skrev filmens manus, delt en række anekdoter fra skabelsen af filmen, ligesom han gjorde, da ’Superbad’ fyldte ti.
Rogen fortæller, at han selv og medforfatter Evan Goldberg var nødt til at rulle samtlige joints, der skulle bruges til filmen, da ingen andre kunne gøre det godt nok.
Netop joints var der brug for i rigelige mængder, da ’Pineapple Express’ handler om stoneren Dale (Rogen) og hans dealer Saul (James Franco), der må flygte fra både lejemordere og korrupte betjente efter at have overværet et mord. Midt i al kaosset finder de dog rigeligt tid til at ryge sig skæve.
Det var ikke bare plottet, der var drabeligt, filmens optagelser var også fyldt med ulykker. I en voldsom scene brækkede Rogen en finger og Danny McBride fik en flænge i kraniet, da James Franco skulle slå ham i hovedet med en bong. Francos karakteristiske bandana skyldtes ligeledes en ulykke, da han løb med hovedet ind i et træ og efterfølgende skulle have sting i panden.
Filmens producer Judd Apatow bidrager også til festen ved at fortælle, at ingen ringere end Bryan Cranston var til audition på filmen. Han fik dog ikke rollen, fordi Apatow ikke mente, han var skræmmende nok til være en overbevisende narkohandler.
Læs flere af Rogens tweets her:
#PineappleExpress came out ten years ago today. Here’s some fun facts about the movie! pic.twitter.com/8dMjT2YKyE
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
In #PineappleExpress, me and my co-writer Evan had to roll all the cross joints needed to film (about 100) ourselves because nobody else on the crew could roll them properly.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
There was NO strain of weed called #PineappleExpress when we made the movie. We said “if one day, people are out there selling weed called Pineapple Express, it worked”.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
Throughout the fight scene in Red’s house in #PineappleExpress, I broke my finger and Danny McBride got his head cracked open when Franco hit him with the bong.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
The reason Saul wears a headband in #PineappleExpress is the result of another injury. There’s a shot (that’s in the movie) when we are running through the woods, Franco hits his head on a tree. He actually hit his head on a screw that was holding a pad in place and got stitches.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
We wrote #PineappleExpress express for me to play Saul and Franco to play Dale. James wanted to switch roles, and I didn’t care that much, so we did.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
In #PineappleExpress, Red was originally supposed to die the first time he was shot when he was tied up in his apartment, but we thought Danny Mcbride was so funny that we just kept bringing him back to life.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
I did my 99% of my own stunts in #PineappleExpress, (which might explain all the injuries) including this one: pic.twitter.com/DrV9jF1wIS
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
We DID have a smoking billboard for #PineappleExpress that got shut down by the fire department because people keep thinking it was on fire. https://t.co/UslrDgNyuN
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6. august 2018
Holy Shit! https://t.co/RF28PvMwvm
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 7. august 2018
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