Theres also Patty (Catherine OHara), Matts mentor, who has recently been ousted by the company.
Goldberg is also a writer and director, having co-written everything fromSuperbadtoPineapple Expressand directed episodes ofPreacherandBlack Monday.
Weaver also serves as the president of Point Grey Pictures, the production company founded by Rogen and Goldberg.
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They really went all the way.
Best reception you could possibly have chair falling.
Can you talk about crafting her personality and making the decision to cast Kathryn Hahn in that role?
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They knock out 125 minutes of material every freaking day.
And so that kind of became the character.
And once we discussed who that character was, we realized that Kathryn Hahn could just destroy this.
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And when she agreed to do it, it was like the ultimate
WEAVER: Dream.
Shes a dream person to have in the show.
I absolutely loved her character.
The Studio: This series explores the challenges faced by a legacy Hollywood movie studio struggling to balance art and commerce. It delves into the complex dynamics within the industry as the studio endeavors to survive in a rapidly evolving entertainment landscape.
I’m curious if there was one that you were most excited to land or to work with.
GOLDBERG: The answer is so obvious it’s just Martin Scorsese.
WEAVER: It has to be Martin Scorsese.
GOLDBERG: To this day, I’m just like, Did that happen?
And so he was really the only one who could sort of deliver all those things.
To me, she gets the MVP from that standpoint.
GOLDBERG: But she’ll play a card.
We owe her something.
WEAVER: We’re gonna owe her something.
GOLDBERG: One day.
WEAVER: We don’t know when.
GOLDBERG: Were waiting for that shoe to drop.
I was like, What if we get Steve Buscemi to come?
This is what the joke is.
And he was really so open and game to do it.
It’s so good.
I would watch that movie the Jonestown movie.
Is there a fake movie in this show that you would be most interested to watch?
GOLDBERG: That is the number one thing we talk about.
WEAVER: Bill Hader already stole our thunder.
GOLDBERG: We might have done a Jonestown if not for Bill Hader.
I thinkAlphabet Cityby Ron Howard, starring Anthony Mackie and Dave Franco, would be an incredible movie.
We have three scenes from it, and they’re great.
Yeah, you already have the footage to get started, so might as well just complete the project.
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Can you talk a little bit about how you approached that episode and that storyline?
And that is like a real, fundamental, funny element to Hollywood.
They don’t really care if they’re being racist or sexist or offensive they care ifyouthink that.
And as long asyoudon’t think that, they don’t care what’s actually happening.
And we’ve seen that happen so many times.
And then there are people obviously, most people care greatly and put a lot of thought into it.
Is it okay to even have thisconversationabout ratio?
Yeah, absolutely it played so, so funny.
I would love to see more of these characters in this world.
WEAVER: We don’t get to decide.
We’d love to.
It was really, really a fun show to make.
It’d be great to get a chance to do that.
GOLDBERG: I guess it comes down to the ratings on Apple TV+.
Give us five stars.
WEAVER: Yeah, give us five stars.
Two thumbs up on Apple TV+ that helps us out.
We got to find out what happened with the Kool-Aid movie.
We don’t know.
I’m on pins and needles.
GOLDBERG: Yes, not one scene two episodes.
Vegas.Vegas was a real situation.
And it’s a casino there’s no haggling.
WEAVER: They don’t care about what we’re doing.
They just need to gamble.
WEAVER: There’s Kathryn Hahn!
No, no, no, no, no, no.
GOLDBERG: And they’re just running everyone’s running nonstop.
So the whole Vegas thing was a wild, manic experience that I am shocked worked out.
WEAVER: And that’s just the production.We also lived in a casino for 10 days.
That has its own stories.
GOLDBERG: 11 days.
Dont cut it short.
WEAVER: 11 days.
One of those days bleeds into the other.
I don’t think I slept, so that’s why I say 10.
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