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\nSeth Rogen appeared on \u201cThe A24 Podcast\u201d alongside his \u201cThe Invite\u201d director and co-star Olivia Wilde and remembered when Anne Hathaway quit \u201cKnocked Up,\u201d Judd Apatow\u2019s classic 2007 comedy in which Rogen and Katherine Heigl starred as a mismatched couple having a baby together. Wilde auditioned for the female lead but didn\u2019t get the part. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cIt was Anne Hathaway who quit the movie,\u201d Rogen said, to which Wilde asked a bit about industry lore: \u201cBecause of the crowning right? Is that real?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYeah, I mean\u2026 it could have been a hundred million things. That was what I remember being told,\u201d Rogen replied. \u201cCrowning is a tough one. She didn\u2019t want the crowning of the baby to be visually representative. Even though it wasn\u2019t going to be hers\u2026 It\u2019s obviously not real. But she didn\u2019t even want\u2026she felt that it was not her brand. Part of me also\u2026 we had started rehearsing the movie\u2026 maybe she was just like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if this is for me.\u2019 I don\u2019t know. I will take what she said at face value, which was the crowning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cShe had a sense, and she knew it was not for her,\u201d Rogen continued. . \u201cAnd history will tell\u2026 she has been right about a lot more things than I have over the years. So I think she was probably right. [Heigl] knew what was right for her, yes. And then Heigl was great. Katie Heigl was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nVariety<\/em> has reached out to Hathaway\u2019s representative for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cKnocked Up\u201d opened in summer 2007 and was a critical and commercial success. The comedy grossed $219 million worldwide on a reported $25 million production budget, making it a big win for Apatow and Universal Pictures. A semi-sequel, \u201cThis Is 40,\u201d opened in December 2012.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWatch Wilde and Rogen\u2019s full discussion on \u201cThe A24 Podcast\u201d in the video below.<\/p>\n

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