Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSeth Rogen and Olivia Wilde have developed a unique on-screen dynamic, characterised by their ability to “scream” at each other, which they first explored in The Studio and continue in their new film, The Invite.The actors, who are both 40-somethings, first crossed paths over two decades ago during a table read for Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, where Wilde did not secure a role, suggesting their current 'prickly, abrasive' collaboration is a more suitable pairing. In The Invite, which expands nationwide on 10th July, Rogen and Wilde portray Joe and Angela, a couple whose existing tensions are amplified during a revelation-filled dinner party with their more liberated upstairs neighbours, Pína (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton). Olivia Wilde initially experienced 'impostor syndrome' about acting in 'The Invite' and had to be overtly pressured by Seth Rogen and the rest of the cast, who devised a 'multipronged attack' to convince her to take the role. The film delves into American cultural attitudes towards marriage and sex, with Wilde noting a 'puritanical attitude' that keeps people in difficult relationships, while both actors appreciated the creative freedom of an independent production over a studio film. More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Why Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde love screaming at each other
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSeth Rogen and Olivia Wilde have developed a unique on-screen dynamic, characterised by their ability to “scream” at each other, which they first explored in The Studio and continue in their new film, The Invite.The actors, who are both 40-somethings, first crossed paths over two decades ago during a table read for Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, where Wilde did not secure a role, suggesting their current 'prickly, abrasive' collaboration is a more suitable pairing. In The Invite, which expands nationwide on 10th July, Rogen and Wilde portray Joe and Angela, a couple whose existing tensions are amplified during a revelation-filled dinner party with their more liberated upstairs neighbours, Pína (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton). Olivia Wilde initially experienced 'impostor syndrome' about acting in 'The Invite' and had to be overtly pressured by Seth Rogen and the rest of the cast, who devised a 'multipronged attack' to convince her to take the role. The film delves into American cultural attitudes towards marriage and sex, with Wilde noting a 'puritanical attitude' that keeps people in difficult relationships, while both actors appreciated the creative freedom of an independent production over a studio film. More bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
