Seth Rogen’s newest comedy series,The Studio, which debuts onAppleTV+in spring 2025, features a cavalcade of celebrity guests playing the worst versions of themselves imaginable. Everyone from Anthony Mackie, Adam Scott, Ron Howard, and Zack Snyder to Olivia Wilde, Zoë Kravitz, Charlize Theron, and Ice Cube appear on the show.
But there was one guest star who stood out from the rest, both in the scene and behind the scenes:Martin Scorsese, venerable director, producer, and sometimes actor. His role is integral to the overarching plot, which involves Rogen’s character, Matt Remick, attempting to make a film that, in actuality, is a long product placement ad for Kool-Aid.
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In aninterview with Vanity Fair, Rogen and his creative partner Evan Goldberg revealed that directing the legendary filmmaker was quite intimidating. In particular, they chose to shoot his scene with a single camera rather than multiple setups, which they feared might seem like an amateur move.
“We actually had a whole second camera crew stashed away in another room in case he had a fundamental issue with the way we were shooting,” Rogen states. “Luckily, he was like, ‘Oh, it’s like French New Wave,’ and was enthusiastic about doing it in that way.”
Still, Scorsese did have some opinions about the direction of the scene. After Goldberg noticed Scorsese repeatedly talking quietly to one of the other actors, he inquired, “‘What were you whispering that whole time…? [Scorsese] was like, ‘That you were doing the wrong thing, and I was waiting for you to do the right thing. Then, you did the right thing. But I didn’t want to say it because I didn’t want to be rude. I knew you’d get there eventually.'”
Scorsese Calls Rogen “Talentless” and “Spineless” in the Trailer
AppleTV+released a teaser trailer forThe Studioin late November 2024, and viewers get a brief glimpse of Scorsese in his cameo. In the clip, linked below, he calls Rogen’s character “talentless” and “spineless.” Fans will have to wait until next year to see what else Scorsese has to say and how the rest of his scene plays out.
The official description of the series reads:
In ‘The Studio,’ Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.
The first two episodes ofThe Studiowill premiere on July 23, 2025, with eight more episodes to follow weekly.
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