From The Archives: Seth Rogan for Pineapple Express0

by Fred Topel

“They handed Franco the bag of weed. They gave me the lighter.”
– Seth Rogan

Seth Rogen is not a pothead. He only plays them in movies. His Knocked Up character sat around smoking all day, and his newest movie, Pineapple Express, is an action comedy about a stoner and his dealer on the run after witnessing a corrupt cop shooting.

“I don’t smoke weed on set all day,” Rogen assures. “After lunch you get tired. To me the fact that a character smokes weed isn’t really what I hang my hat on necessarily. To me Arthur and James Bond aren’t the same because they both drink. So I would kind of equate it to that. They’re different guys who both have a similar habit. To me they’re very different guys.”

Pineapple Express is another script by Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg (Superbad) and now they are working on a new draft of The Green Hornet. Rogen is also busy acting in Kevin Smith’s upcoming Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

SuicideGirls caught up with Rogen at a recent press conference and as his booming voice delivered deadpan one-liners punctuated by his guttural cackle, we noticed that everything seems to make Rogen laugh.

Read our Q&A with Seth Rogan on SuicideGirls.com.