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Martin Scorsese offers Seth Rogen some advice on ‘The Studio’

Sat 8 March 2025 8:27, UK

Since the very beginning of their careers, it was evident that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were going to strike up a successful creative partnership, and that has only been solidified by successes such as Superbad and This is the End.

The screenwriting duo are back once again with The Studio, a comedy series about the current state of the film industry. It also happens to boast one of the most star-studded guest lists in recent memory, ranging from Martin Scorsese to Charlize Theron.

At a recent premiere of Rogen and Goldberg’s AppleTV+ series, they opened up about their latest creation and how it tackles the subject of the steadily deteriorating Hollywood production machine.

In a Q&A session following the premiere, Rogen said: “I think a lot of people wonder why so many bad films are made in Hollywood… But what people should wonder is how any good films are made in Hollywood. So that’s what we’re trying to show here.”

In addition to broaching an important topic, The Studio also enabled Rogen and Goldberg to meet a number of their idols, including Scorsese who had words of advice for the writing team.

Rogen recalled: “He’s like, ‘You guys say fuck too much’… And we were like, ‘We say fuck too much?!’” Of course, coming from the man who wrote The Wolf of Wall Street, which broke a record for the most expletives in film history, it’s hard not to see the irony.

“I’d never met Martin Scorsese before,” Rogen added. “We couldn’t believe he did it! But we worked hard to write roles we hoped were funny and that we hoped that people would respond to. All anyone wants is a good joke, that’s what we really learned. It’s very enticing to people to feel like they get to be funny. Even Charlize, we were like, ‘It’s one line. But it’ll kill, we promise!'”

Set to premiere later this month, The Studio is already shaping up to be one of the biggest additions to AppleTV’s 2025 calendar.