Seth Rogen shared a surprising bit of PlayStation trivia during a red carpet interview at SXSW. When asked what the funniest note he’d received on a script was, Rogen said it was a note from Sony on the screenplay for 2007’s Superbad, which Rogen co-wrote.
According to Rogen, a scene in which Evan (Michael Cera) can be seen playing a game on a PlayStation 2 was originally meant to show Seth (Jonah Hill) using the console–but Sony wasn’t having it.
“Jonah Hill’s Character, Seth, was so reprehensible to the studio,” Rogen explained, laughing. “They were like–there’s a scene where [Cera and Hill] are playing video games–and [Sony’s] like, ‘Jonah can’t touch a PlayStation.’ They were like, ‘We can’t have him interact with our products as a character, because [he’s] too vile a character.'”