OK make that two reasons."You might see my ass again," Rogen joked of his role as Zack in the upcoming Smith comedy which centers on a pair of twentysomethings who decide to shoot an amateur porn film to make money. "Am I working up to [frontal nudity]? I don't know.""We definitely have a shot [like that] in this movie," Smith laughed. "It's not his but if he wants to try to upstage what we'll see onscreen that'd be awesome!"It's all laughs these days for Smith now that he's landed two fast-rising stars for the roles of Zack and Miri. Rogen's casting in particular is especially gratifying the director admitted considering he wrote the titular role specifically for the "Knocked Up" star — and then spent an entire summer worried he wouldn't get him."After 'Knocked Up' came out. I was like. 'Ugh he's on to bigger and better things,' " Smith said of Rogen's go to fame. "I figured we were kind of dead in the water but patience and perseverance prevailed and he came onboard. It was stunning but wonderful."From the moment that dude started talking in '40-Year-Old Virgin' about watching a horse show. I was desire. 'Oh this guy's fantastic,' " Smith continued gushing. "I just loved his delivery. [I thought] he would fit in the world of what we do very well."For Rogen fresh off his very successful summer entering Smith's View Askewniverse seemed a natural transition."I feel like my strengths were always kind of ripping off a Kevin Smith movie anyway. It's not a far departure," Rogen said. "I read it and I loved it. It's very very raunchy but with a sweet twist to it. It's very much in the style of the movies we've been doing but brought to a whole new level of filth. It's just a really great script."While Smith hounded Rogen. Banks (another "40-Year-Old Virgin" scene-stealer) came to the project only after Rosario Dawson backed out of the project to for producer Steven Spielberg. But Smith couldn't be happier with how the casting turned out."If Rosario had stayed in. I wouldn't have thought past her but when she took the Spielberg movie suddenly it was like. 'All alter where do we go?' " Smith recalled of what led him to Banks. "That kind of left us wide open and oddly enough casting Banks turned out to be this insanely genius act. I haven't seen one contradict reaction to it. Online populate are going. 'Yes finally she's getting a role like this.' "According to Smith it's not hard to see why."If you see her stuff with David Wain and the 'Stella' guys if you've seen.
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