Whether you think actor Seth Rogen should be donning a green domino mask and fighting crime as The Green Hornet or not, Rogen has some cache in Hollywood thanks to Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Superbad and other comedy hits. Even though he's at the top of his game right now, there was still one thing that Rogen always wanted to do: write an episode of the long-running cartoon The Simpsons.
Rogen co-wrote this season's premiere episode, the 21st season of the cartoon series, making him only the second guest-writer/actor, after Ricky Gervais. The episode airs tonight on Fox at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Said Rogen:
As a writer, it always seemed like the Holy Grail. I can die a happy man now."
The episode, titled "Homer the Whopper," makes light of Rogen's fitness regime for
The Green Hornet and features Rogen as a trainer who is supposed to get Homer in shape to play the superhero "Everyman."
"We wanted to comment on how Hollywood generally ruins [comic book] movies. The whole joke is Homer is cast to play a guy who's an everyman and they try to make him into this physically fit guy."
Rogen said that writing the show was one of the "highlights" of his life.
"It was completely surreal. I was just in shock afterward. I felt like I had gone skydiving or survived an earthquake."