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Seth Rogen Talks Monsters vs. Aliens and Mutant Pumpkins for Halloween
by Troy Rogers
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October 28 at 8pm on NBC, actor Seth Rogen steps
back into his 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens role of
B.O.B. the gelatinous blob for the half-hour animated
Halloween special, Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant
Pumpkins from Outer Space, based on the 3D animated
feature film hit, Monsters vs. Aliens, that also
sees Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland,
Will Arnet and Rainn Wilson reprise their roles
to celebrate All Hallows Eve week on NBC.
Seth Rogen returns to voice B.O.B. in the new Monsters vs. Aliens special, which takes places following the events of the feature film where Susan Murphy, a.k.a. Ginormica (Reese Witherspoon) and the Monsters work covertly for the U.S. government as Halloween approaches and carved pumpkins turn out to be mutant aliens who plan to take over Earth.
Ahead of the debut of Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, we hopped on the phone for a recent conference call with Seth Rogen to get the tricks and treats about the Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, how Rogen feels Monsters vs. Aliens will do against the Halloween competition, what it's like to play a gelatinous blob, and the latest on his big screen adaptation of The Green Hornet.
THE DEADBOLT: How do you think Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space will do against Treehouse of Horror?
 SETH
ROGEN: [laughs] I don't know, it's a mixed
bag. It's hard to consider those things and
luckily with Tivo people don't have to decide.
They can watch both over and over and over again.
I recorded the Monsters vs. Aliens one awhile
ago and I honestly had no idea what the animation
was going to be like and really how much work
was going to go into it. And when I watched
it, I was extremely impressed. I mean, it was
pretty much movie quality level animation. So
that was very encouraging and I was glad that
they didn't half-ass it. Can I say that?
THE DEADBOLT: What's the latest on the TV series? Will the original cast continue to voice the characters?
ROGEN: There's no TV series that I know of. Is there one? I have no idea.
THE DEADBOLT: I've been seeing it online, that one and ...
ROGEN: For Monsters vs. Aliens?
THE DEADBOLT: Yeah, and Kung-Fu Panda and a couple of others.
ROGEN: Really? Then, no. [laughs]
 THE
DEADBOLT: I've seen rumors about Edward
Furlong in The Green Hornet. Is he in The Green
Hornet?
ROGEN: Edward Furlong is in the movie, yes.
THE DEADBOLT: And what role is he playing?
ROGEN: [laughs] That I can't reveal.
THE DEADBOLT: So what are the challenges in playing a gelatinous blob?
ROGEN: [laughs] There are very little.
I mean, one of the nice things about doing a
voice movie is there is much less pressure as
you're actually doing it. So I think it allows
you to kind of play around more, you know? Like
when you're on a real movie set like the one
I'm filming. A real movie - I mean a live action
movie set. It's like there's hundreds of people
around waiting. There are explosions that could
be timed to go off. There are people doing dangerous
stunts. There's a million things happening.
 So
like every time I improvise, I'm aware that
I could be ruining what it is that we're doing
and we'll just have to do it again. But when
you're doing an animated movie, there's just
like five people in the booth listening to you.
You have all day and you can play around as
much as you want, really, and you're only wasting
a few people's time [laughs].
THE DEADBOLT: What was the reasoning behind having Anvil in The Green Hornet and how did that happen?
ROGEN: Well, as a Canadian hard rock fan I actually have known about Anvil for many many years and we needed a band for a scene in the movie and [Michel] Gondry was like, "How about Anvil?" and we asked them and they said yes.
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