Sony forbid Jonah Hill's 'Superbad' character from playing a PlayStation 2 

Rogen was recently at SXSW down in Austin to promote his upcoming Apple TV+ series "The Studio." Given that is a show about the industry, being asked questions about his showbiz experiences made sense. He recounted an anecdote from "Superbad," a movie he has a role in but also co-wrote with his longtime writer partner Evan Goldberg. 

Sony was quite insistent that Hill's character could not even touch a PlayStation. Rogen's recollection is that they said, "We can’t have him interact with our products as a character, because it’s too vile a character." Michael Cera? No problem! Not Hill, though.

Rogen notes jokingly that the request was insulting, given that Hill's character is named Seth and is based on Rogen as a teenager. While Sony's note may strike as being a little overly conservative, the company wasn't entirely off the mark. Though "Superbad" is beloved, it is aggressively, and hollowly, raunchy. Famously Rogen and Goldberg first wrote the screenplay for "Superbad" as teenagers and that is not surprising. The movie does feel like a raunchy comedy written by two teenagers.

Hopefully Hill has had the chance to touch as many Sony products as his heart desires in the intervening years.

(h/t Variety)