With the release this week of "Pineapple Express," Seth Rogen and James Franco will enter the rarefied (and cloudy) air of such pot-smoking pairs as Cheech and Chong and Harold and Kumar. But in truth, the super-violent action comedy, directed by art-house favorite David Gordon Green of all people, owes its greatest debt to '80s buddy films like "48 Hours" and "Midnight Run."
The script (by Rogen and his "Superbad" collaborator Evan Goldberg) throws together Saul Silver (Franco, in a revelatory comic tour de force), a dealer who samples more than a little of his own product, and stoner Dale Denton (Rogen), as they run from crooked cops and double-crossing friends (watch for Danny McBride in another scene-stealing turn).
Friends since their "Freaks and Geeks" days, Rogen and Franco laughed their way through this interview, touching on their switched-up roles, the palpable sexual tension between them and why Franco is now a "Hills" aficionado.
MTV: Seth, you wrote the part of Saul for yourself. How did James end up playing it?
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