Trivia and Quotes
Trivia
 Writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg started this script when they were just 13 years old citing the reason as being "we just wanted to see if we could write a movie."
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# The word "fuck" is used 186 times in the movie. The movie itself is only 118 minutes long. That averages to approx. 1.6 uses of the word per minute. Around 84 are said by Seth (Jonah Hill) alone.
The penis drawings featured in the film are done by David Goldberg, Evan Goldberg`s brother. There were close to a thousand produced, but only a handful were featured in the movie and closing credits.
The lead characters, Seth and Evan, are named for writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
When the two police officers (Seth Rogen and Bill Hader) ask McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) where the party that he`s going to is, he says "13th and Granville". Granville street is a busy street in the Vancouver Westside where writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg grew up.
Seth Rogen`s father Mark Rogen appears as the baseball bat wielding dad when Seth and Evan are fleeing the police through backyards.
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# In the bar after the arrest of the hobo, a fight featuring former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell is featured on one of the televisions.
Because Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen are such great friends, they were quoted as saying that when casting Evan, they weren`t so much looking for a good actor as they were "casting for a new best friend."
The pivotal penis drawings were a `bone` of contention with the MPAA, particularly the scene with young Becky holding an image of one of them. Producer Judd Apatow elaborated it was the subject of much legal wrangling, including how erect they could be, if veins could be shown etc. The actress playing young Becky, Laura Marano, however has a different picture to hold before we cut to the actual drawing. You can even see from the reverse that the drawing she holds appears completely different.
Water was used for vodka, apple juice for hard liquor, and non-alcoholic beer was used for the party scenes.
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# During filming of "Undeclared" (2001), Greg Mottola had a table read for the script with Seth Rogen reading for Seth and Jason Segel reading for Evan.
In the scene in Evan`s bedroom, Evan is playing as Sergeant Ben Mitchell in ‘The Getaway: Black Monday’, a popular Playstation 2 game set in London. This game is exclusively for the PS2.
Because Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) was only 17 at the time of filming, his mother was required to be on set during the filming of his sex scene.
Film prints were shipped to some theaters under the name "Separation Anxiety".
When Evan is at the party where all the people want him to sing for them, one of the party goers tells him that his friend came from Scottsdale, Arizona to be at the party. Emma Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The "semen conversation" was mostly improvised, and lasted for about 4 minutes. It was edited to under a minute for the final cut.
The 1970s` version of the Columbia Pictures was shown at the beginning of the film, instead of the present version of the Columbia Pictures logo.
Justin Long had a scene in the movie that was omitted due to length.
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# According to the DVD commentary, the night that Evan (Michael Cera) describes to Becca early in the movie is "beat by beat" what Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and their friend Sam Fogell did when they were in high school.
The guy who punches Fogell and robs the convenience store is played by Tim Trella, the stunt coordinator.
The bartender in the scene with the cops and Fogell is played by Ted Haigh, the graphic artist.
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# Emma Stone`s (Jules) reaction to getting hit in the head by Jonah Hill (Seth) was improvised. At the end the writers decided to keep it in the final cut.
In the special edition DVD commentary Judd Apatow had his nine year old daughter with him. He asked that no one swear in front of her. Jonah Hill swore a number of times angering Apatow. After an argument, Apatow left the commentary with his daughter.
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Michael Cera
(as Evan)
with Martha MacIsaac
(as Becca)
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