10 Things You Didn't Know About The Movie "This Is The End"

"Dear God, it's me, Jonah Hill... from Moneyball."

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Initially Michael Cera actually supposed to slap Rihanna's butt, but instead make the motion and stop it before he touched her. As a result, the scene didn't work because it looked too fake. Eventually Cera asked Rihanna if he could really slap her butt, she said yes but on the condition that she be allowed to really smack him across the face each time. Cera agreed.

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Rihanna actually slapped Michael Cera's face harder by each take because she was getting tired of him grabbing her buttocks.

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Most of the paintings that can be seen hanging in the background were actually painted by James Franco.

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Jay Baruchel admitted that despite all of the hilarity and the over the top nature, making the movie was actually therapeutic because he felt that some of the arguments and confrontations in the movie were on some level things that the actors have actually wanted to say to each other at some point in real life.

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The main cast took significant pay cuts in order to help Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg save money for the budget.

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According to Seth Rogen, Danny McBride was the person who made everyone laugh and break character the most. At one point, it took 18 takes and over an hour for the cast to get a joke on film because Mcbride's delivery kept making everyone laugh.

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The bright, colorful windbreaker that Michael Cera wears in the movie was his idea. According to Seth Rogen, this was the only condition Cera had before agreeing to be in the movie. This shocked Rogen, who thought that he would complain or be unsure about the inappropriate behavior that was in the script.

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The role that Emma Watson played was originally written into the screenplay for Mila Kunis, who couldn't accept due to schedule conflicts.

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Seth Rogen said that he was shocked by how much the actors would insult each other. According to him, Jonah Hill and James Franco in particular seemed to go at each other the hardest. At one point he felt like he had to intervene and remind them that they are actually friends and like each other.

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Seth Rogen said that the party scenes were the most stressful for him to direct because there was so much going on.

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