.......We talked to the Backstreet Boys last week about their totally unexpected cameo at the end of the movie. Can you tell us how that came together?
When we wrote the script, we had a scene in heaven. And when we were filming, we just — we didn’t write it that well initially, and we were kind of like, “Eh, let’s not do this.” It’s always mine and Evan’s instincts, probably poorly, to end the movie before we actually should. So the actual movie ended with us just getting sucked up into heaven, and you didn’t see what happened. And then when we finished the movie, there was an overwhelming voice of “What the f— happens in heaven?” You want to see what happens. Even when we watched, we were like, “Yeah, you want to see what happens in heaven.” So we were already using the Backstreet Boys song ["Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"] in the movie for when me and Jay were hanging out, playing videogames. We kind of chose it because it’s nostalgic and [we] thought, for the guys, it was a song that they would have listened to when they were younger and hung out and do all the sh— that they’re doing in the scene, basically. And it kind of always played really well. It’s kind of the emotional high point of the movie. It’s when everyone’s the happiest. So we just had the idea: “What if the Backstreet Boys are in heaven?”
They told us that you now owe them a favor and that you should direct their next music video.
Yeah, I’ve heard they want me to do that. I’m open to that.
So what would a Seth Rogen-directed Backstreet Boys video look like?
Well, there’s already one at the end of our movie! [Laughs] Maybe we’ll set this one in hell …
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/06/17/seth-rogen-this-is-the-end-interview/
