Since Seth Rogen’s Matt Remick is the newly-minted head of Continental Studios on The Studio, that clearly means he meets with artistic expertise in Hollywood frequently, together with the blunt Charlize Theron and numerous administrators. Within the latter class, Ron Howard, Sarah Polley and Olivia Wilde are among the many ones who’ve appeared on this 2025 TV schedule providing, and Alex Gregory, who co-created the Apple TV+ subscription-exclusive collection, shared with CinemaBlend the story behind how Rogen recruited these three. I particularly received a kick out of Gregory sharing what Howard thought of his “asshole” look.
Ron Howard In The Studio
Let’s begin with that one first. Howard stopped by throughout “The Notice,” which noticed Matt Remick struggling to provide the director a word about his film Alphabet Metropolis due to a traumatic expertise greater than twenty years earlier when Howard mocked Matt over a suggestion he made for A Stunning Thoughts. Whereas it checked out first like The Studio’s Howard was a pleasant sufficient man, his imply facet ultimately got here out, and Gregory knowledgeable me that the filmmaker truly welcomed the chance to play himself on this approach. In his phrases:
I believe Ron Howard actually appreciated that Seth and Evan wished to make him an asshole. I’m positive he is most likely heard when he is being launched on discuss exhibits, ‘The nicest man in Hollywood!’ I am positive in his thoughts he is like, ‘I’m not at all times that good.’ So I believe it was most likely a whole lot of enjoyable for him to simply vent the 0.0001% of him that feels that approach. He was simply down for it.
The Studio’s Ron Howard confirmed his true colours when he was knowledgeable in a gathering by Kathryn Hahn’s Maya Mason that Matt Remick had suggestions for Alphabet Metropolis. Howard proceeded to embarrass Matt to everybody within the room by telling them how Matt had instructed again within the day that viewers of A Stunning Thoughts know from the beginning that Paul Bettany’s Charles Herman was a figment of Russell Crowe’s John Nash’s creativeness from the beginning. An indignant Matt proceeded to inform Howard about how boring the motel sequence in Alphabet Metropolis was, and an an altercation ensued.
Ron Howard in the end agreed to chop the motel sequence, however knowledgeable Matt that he’d destroy the movie government if he ever crossed him once more. So the Howard in The Studio’s world is certainly not a pleasant man, however the actual deal relished the chance to play an “asshole.” Like Alex Gregory talked about, he might not be that approach in actual life, however that doesn’t imply he appears like a pleasant man on a regular basis.
Sarah Polley In The Studio
The week previous to Ron Howard’s look, Sarah Polley of Ramona fame appeared within the critically-acclaimed The Studio as herself in “The Oner,” a.ok.a. the episode that was fully one take. She and Seth Rogen had labored collectively 2011’s Take This Waltz, which Polley directed, and the Apple TV+ present truly marked her first time appearing in a decade and a half. However Alex Gregory recalled that Rogen knew she was the suitable individual for this episode:
Properly, Sarah Polley had labored with Seth, and so Seth knew her and simply mentioned, ‘Sarah is such a humorous individual. I simply know she can be good at this.’ She retired from appearing, however he simply requested her, I believe as a good friend, and she or he was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I believe, I believe that may very well be enjoyable.’ My God, did she kill it. So it was only a intestine sense that she can be proper for the half, and she or he was simply so nice.
You can really feel Polley’s frustration as Matt Remick saved ruining the oner she was attempting proper at sundown, as that’s the one time of the day the shot would work. But it surely was only one factor after one other, and by the top of the episode, they weren’t capable of get the shot. What was a collection of unlucky occasions for this Continental Studios manufacturing made for hilarious hijinks for the viewer, and each Rogen and Gregory have been happy with how Polley performed this fictional model of herself.
Olivia Wilde In The Studio
After which there’s Olivia Wilde, who appeared within the noir-inspired “The Lacking Reel.” Because the title signifies, the episode revolved round a reel from Wilde’s film being stolen… just for it to be revealed that Wilde herself was the offender. It supplied the chance for Wilde, recognized from Home, Tron: Legacy and Ingesting Buddies, amongst different initiatives, to play an unhinged model of herself, which she was all too welcome to do. As Alex Gregory informed me:
Loads of it’s that it’s a must to know that the director can even act, and so actors who direct are pure matches for this, and there are a whole lot of them on the market. Olivia Wilde was good for that. I believed it was actually cool that she he was doing this noir factor simply was all in on it. Once more she received the joke. She knew that she was going to be solid as a ache within the ass, auteur director making everybody depressing, and she or he was down for it. I believed that was actually, actually cool.
The Studio’s Olivia Wilde stole that reel as a result of she was sad with the scene on it and meant to drive reshoots. By the top of the episode, she destroyed the reel, and Matt Remick was compelled to pay for the reshoots by promoting his $2 million automobile to Zac Efron, one of many film’s stars. Nonetheless she could also be as a director in actual life on set, at the least those that are working together with her can take consolation realizing she gained’t fly off the deal with like she did on this collection… most likely.
We’re now on the midway mark with The Studio‘s debut season, so take a look at the latter 5 episodes Wednesdays on Apple TV+. Ought to it return for Season 2, I look ahead to seeing what different administrators will poke enjoyable at themselves, like maybe Greta Gerwig contemplating how Barbie influenced the collection, and I’d additionally welcome seeing Ron Howard exacting revenge on Seth Rogen’s character.