Seth Rogen Commemorates The 10th Anniversary Of ‘Pineapple Express’ With Some Delightful Tweets

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While Knocked Up and Superbad are still celebrated as some of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen‘s greatest collaborations from the early 2000s, their work on 2008’s stoner comedy Pineapple Express shines just as well. Seeing as how the surprisingly violent comedy’s 10th anniversary is today, Rogen decided to share some behind-the-scenes bit about the film’s development, production, and marketing on Twitter. For example, James Franco’s character Saul apparently wore a headband for much of the movie because the actor slammed his head on a screw while filming a stunt that, as Rogen revealed, is in the final cut.

“There’s a shot (that’s in the movie) when we are running through the woods, Franco hits his head on a tree,” Rogen explains in one of his tweets. “He actually hit his head on a screw that was holding a pad in place and got stitches.” Ouch, though at least not everything the director, writer and actor had to share about the film was that violent. I mean, a lot of it is — including the sheer amount of planning and re-planning that went into killing Danny McBride’s character Red. Also, remember the smoking billboard Not only does Rogen remember it, but one of his Twitter followers also found an old video of the contraption.

Even so, the weed-related trivia alone is enough to warrant interest.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

There was NO strain of weed called #PineappleExpress when we made the movie. We said “if one day, people are out there selling weed called Pineapple Express, it worked”.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

So too are all of Rogen’s recollections regarding his, Franco’s and McBride’s many onset injuries.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

The reason Saul wears a headband in #PineappleExpress is the result of another injury. There’s a shot (that’s in the movie) when we are running through the woods, Franco hits his head on a tree. He actually hit his head on a screw that was holding a pad in place and got stitches.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

I did my 99% of my own stunts in #PineappleExpress, (which might explain all the injuries) including this one: pic.twitter.com/DrV9jF1wIS

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

Speaking of McBride, the Red character was actually supposed to die earlier in the film, but Rogen and company decided to keep him around because he was so funny.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

Poor dude went through a lot, but at least adult film actress Stormy Daniels played his character’s ex-wife.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

In #PineappleExpress, originally, Red killed Matheson with a Ford Fiesta, but Ford didn’t want their car involved in a movie murder so we had to change it to a Daewoo Lanos, which is ultimately much funnier I think.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

In #PineappleExpress, Red refers to his ex wife having gotten out of jail recently. There’s a pic of Red and his ex wife, who was played by Stormy Daniels.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018

Don’t forget the smoking billboard!

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018