Seth Rogen says Sony wouldn't let Jonah Hill use a PlayStation in Superbad as his character was too "reprehensible": "They're like, 'We can't have him interact with our products'"

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"I was like, 'It's based on me. That's very insulting'"

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera in Superbad
(Image credit: Sony Pictures Releasing)

Seth Rogen has revealed that Jonah Hill's Superbad character wasn't allowed to use a PlayStation in the movie, as Sony thought he was too "reprehensible" to use one of their products.

"On Superbad, we were told when Sony made the movie [that] Jonah Hill's character Seth was so reprehensible to the studio that they were like… there's a scene where they're playing video games, and they're like, 'Jonah can't touch a PlayStation," Rogen said on the red carpet at SXSW, when Rotten Tomatoes asked what the funniest note he'd ever gotten was.

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

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