Hollywood loves Hollywood! Seth Rogen took home the Emmy on Sunday night for lead comedy actor for his role as studio head Matt Remick in Apple TV+’s “The Studio.”
“I’ve literally prepared nothing, I’ve never won anything in my life,” Rogen said upon winning his trophy at the Peacock Theater. He then thanked his cast and crew, his wife and agents, but wasn’t sure who else to name. “I don’t know what to say. This is so nice. Thank you, I appreciate you all.”
Coincidentally, Rogen didn’t name the head of the studio in his speech, despite the fact that there was a whole episode of “The Studio” about just that.
Rogen was nominated alongside Adam Brody (“Nobody Wants This”), Jason Segel (“Shrinking”), Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”).
Seth Rogen wins best lead actor in a comedy series for "The Studio" at the #Emmys pic.twitter.com/EU6kfFRKSz
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The win didn’t come as much of a surprise to the rest of the world, as the comedy, both created by and starring Rogen, has been dominating awards season. With a whopping 23 nominations (the most ever for a comedy series in its first season), “The Studio” took home nine trophies during last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremony, including guest actor in a comedy, which went to Bryan Cranston, casting, cinematography, music supervision, sound editing and sound mixing.
Along with Rogen, “The Studio” was created by Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez. The series takes a close, satirical look at Hollywood as a business — a topic that is triggering for some viewers.
“I think I’ve been reached out to by almost every head of every major studio throughout the day-to-day, and it’s a lot of like, ‘This is great, but very traumatic to watch,’” Rogen said at a screening when the show debuted. “It’s genuinely an industry we love. “It’s written from the perspective of people who can’t deny that our dreams have come true because of this industry in many ways, but it’s also so fucking frustrating and aggravating. You’re constantly seeing people make choices that are confounding and contrary to their own love of film.”
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From Variety US