Michael Cera and Rihanna, who Cera says actually slapped him in their scene together 2013 comedy ‘This Is the End.'.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Rich Fury/Getty ImagesMichael Cera’sThis Is the Endpersona may have been fake but that memorable slap was not.TheBarbieactor, 35, played a fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 comedy, one who was a rude, cocaine-addicted version of the actor — and makes several enemies, includingRihanna.At a star-studded house party at the beginning of the movie, Cera’s character slaps the singer, now 35, on the butt and she retaliates with a slap to the face.“Yeah, I mean she definitely hit me,” Cera recalled whilebreaking down the roleforGQ. “But I really, I wanted that, you know?““I mean, I think it’s a lot funnier and a lot more convincing,” he said, adding that “a fake slap just doesn’t look good.”Michael Cera in ‘This Is the End.’ He played a mean, fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 film.Columbia/Kobal/ShutterstockThe “Umbrella” singer did not hold back, hitting Cera “hard,” according to the actor. “She really sent me flying, and it was great,” he toldGQ.“And now it’s on film forever, this pain that I experienced.“One of the film’s costars and co-directors,Seth Rogenalso addressed the very real slap between Cera and Rihanna onSway’s Universejust days afterThis Is the Endhit theaters in 2013.“In the script, Michael Cera slaps Rihanna’s ass and she doesn’t hit him back,” the actor, 41, told host Sway Calloway at the time.“But he asked her, ‘Can I slap your ass for real?’ And she said, ‘You can slap my ass for real if I can slap you back in the face for real,’ ” Rogen said, adding that Cera agreed to her terms.They did the slap “three or four times,” Rogen said, and on the fourth take, Rihanna “smacked the f—ing s—” out of Cera.Michael Cera at a photo call for ‘Barbie.'.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage)“She cupped his ear and actually whacked out his equilibrium and he had to go lay down in his trailer for around half an hour,” he said.“That’s the take we used in the movie. We didn’t add any sound to that or anything,” Rogen added, noting that Cera “was concussed, I think.“Cera said in a 2013 interview withRolling Stonethat he “encouraged” Rihanna to slap him back in the film.“I mean, she hit me hard,” he told the outlet at the time. “But it was like what it feels like to get hit hard.”He added: “I encouraged her to do it, though. I wanted her to hit me really hard.”Cera recently opened up about notliking the attentionthat two of his earliest roles,SuperbadandJuno, brought him in 2007. TheScott Pilgrim vs. the Worldactor toldThe Guardianthat, following the films, he “didn’t know how to handle walking down the street.”“Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird,” he told the outlet. “There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.”The actor also admitted he turned down certain jobs — ones “that would make me more famous,” like hostingSaturday Night Live— because of the “crisis” he was experiencing.“I was really not enjoying the level of heat,” he said. “I really didn’t know if I was going to keep being an actor.”
Michael Cera and Rihanna, who Cera says actually slapped him in their scene together 2013 comedy ‘This Is the End.'.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Rich Fury/Getty Images
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Rich Fury/Getty Images
Michael Cera’sThis Is the Endpersona may have been fake but that memorable slap was not.TheBarbieactor, 35, played a fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 comedy, one who was a rude, cocaine-addicted version of the actor — and makes several enemies, includingRihanna.At a star-studded house party at the beginning of the movie, Cera’s character slaps the singer, now 35, on the butt and she retaliates with a slap to the face.“Yeah, I mean she definitely hit me,” Cera recalled whilebreaking down the roleforGQ. “But I really, I wanted that, you know?““I mean, I think it’s a lot funnier and a lot more convincing,” he said, adding that “a fake slap just doesn’t look good.”Michael Cera in ‘This Is the End.’ He played a mean, fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 film.Columbia/Kobal/ShutterstockThe “Umbrella” singer did not hold back, hitting Cera “hard,” according to the actor. “She really sent me flying, and it was great,” he toldGQ.“And now it’s on film forever, this pain that I experienced.“One of the film’s costars and co-directors,Seth Rogenalso addressed the very real slap between Cera and Rihanna onSway’s Universejust days afterThis Is the Endhit theaters in 2013.“In the script, Michael Cera slaps Rihanna’s ass and she doesn’t hit him back,” the actor, 41, told host Sway Calloway at the time.“But he asked her, ‘Can I slap your ass for real?’ And she said, ‘You can slap my ass for real if I can slap you back in the face for real,’ ” Rogen said, adding that Cera agreed to her terms.They did the slap “three or four times,” Rogen said, and on the fourth take, Rihanna “smacked the f—ing s—” out of Cera.Michael Cera at a photo call for ‘Barbie.'.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage)“She cupped his ear and actually whacked out his equilibrium and he had to go lay down in his trailer for around half an hour,” he said.“That’s the take we used in the movie. We didn’t add any sound to that or anything,” Rogen added, noting that Cera “was concussed, I think.“Cera said in a 2013 interview withRolling Stonethat he “encouraged” Rihanna to slap him back in the film.“I mean, she hit me hard,” he told the outlet at the time. “But it was like what it feels like to get hit hard.”He added: “I encouraged her to do it, though. I wanted her to hit me really hard.”Cera recently opened up about notliking the attentionthat two of his earliest roles,SuperbadandJuno, brought him in 2007. TheScott Pilgrim vs. the Worldactor toldThe Guardianthat, following the films, he “didn’t know how to handle walking down the street.”“Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird,” he told the outlet. “There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.”The actor also admitted he turned down certain jobs — ones “that would make me more famous,” like hostingSaturday Night Live— because of the “crisis” he was experiencing.“I was really not enjoying the level of heat,” he said. “I really didn’t know if I was going to keep being an actor.”
Michael Cera’sThis Is the Endpersona may have been fake but that memorable slap was not.
TheBarbieactor, 35, played a fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 comedy, one who was a rude, cocaine-addicted version of the actor — and makes several enemies, includingRihanna.
At a star-studded house party at the beginning of the movie, Cera’s character slaps the singer, now 35, on the butt and she retaliates with a slap to the face.
“Yeah, I mean she definitely hit me,” Cera recalled whilebreaking down the roleforGQ. “But I really, I wanted that, you know?”
“I mean, I think it’s a lot funnier and a lot more convincing,” he said, adding that “a fake slap just doesn’t look good.”
Michael Cera in ‘This Is the End.’ He played a mean, fictionalized version of himself in the 2013 film.Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock
Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock
The “Umbrella” singer did not hold back, hitting Cera “hard,” according to the actor. “She really sent me flying, and it was great,” he toldGQ.“And now it’s on film forever, this pain that I experienced.”
One of the film’s costars and co-directors,Seth Rogenalso addressed the very real slap between Cera and Rihanna onSway’s Universejust days afterThis Is the Endhit theaters in 2013.
“In the script, Michael Cera slaps Rihanna’s ass and she doesn’t hit him back,” the actor, 41, told host Sway Calloway at the time.
“But he asked her, ‘Can I slap your ass for real?’ And she said, ‘You can slap my ass for real if I can slap you back in the face for real,’ ” Rogen said, adding that Cera agreed to her terms.
They did the slap “three or four times,” Rogen said, and on the fourth take, Rihanna “smacked the f—ing s—” out of Cera.
Michael Cera at a photo call for ‘Barbie.'.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage)
Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage)
“She cupped his ear and actually whacked out his equilibrium and he had to go lay down in his trailer for around half an hour,” he said.
“That’s the take we used in the movie. We didn’t add any sound to that or anything,” Rogen added, noting that Cera “was concussed, I think.”
Cera said in a 2013 interview withRolling Stonethat he “encouraged” Rihanna to slap him back in the film.
“I mean, she hit me hard,” he told the outlet at the time. “But it was like what it feels like to get hit hard.”
He added: “I encouraged her to do it, though. I wanted her to hit me really hard.”
Cera recently opened up about notliking the attentionthat two of his earliest roles,SuperbadandJuno, brought him in 2007. TheScott Pilgrim vs. the Worldactor toldThe Guardianthat, following the films, he “didn’t know how to handle walking down the street.”
“Fame makes you very uncomfortable in your own skin, and makes you paranoid and weird,” he told the outlet. “There were lots of great things about it, and I met a lot of amazing people, but there’s a lot of bad energies too, ones that I was not equipped to handle.”
The actor also admitted he turned down certain jobs — ones “that would make me more famous,” like hostingSaturday Night Live— because of the “crisis” he was experiencing.
“I was really not enjoying the level of heat,” he said. “I really didn’t know if I was going to keep being an actor.”
source: people.com
