{"id":4680,"date":"2026-07-17T07:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:06:41","slug":"seth-rogen-confesses-he-kept-thanking-penelope-cruz-while-filming-the-invite-sex-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4680","title":{"rendered":"Seth Rogen confesses he kept thanking Pen\u00e9lope Cruz while filming ‘The Invite’ sex scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seth Rogen admitted he couldn\u2019t stop thanking and apologizing to Pen\u00e9lope Cruz while filming a sex scene for their new movie \u201cThe Invite.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The \u201cSuperbad\u201d and \u201cPineapple Express\u201d star, 44, shared the behind-the-scenes story during Tuesday\u2019s episode of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d revealing that he instinctively kept saying, \u201cThank you,\u201d while improvising the intimate scene with the Oscar-winning actress, 52.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s actually funny in the scene is we were encouraged to improvise,\u201d Rogen told guest host Ike Barinholtz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a scene where me and her are having a romantically charged moment, and it seems like we might hook up with one another, and I just kept saying, \u2018Thank you.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Olivia Wilde, the director, was just like, \u2018Why? What are you doing? Why do you keep saying \u2018Thank you\u2019?\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s just what\u2019s coming out of my mouth.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogen said the reaction reflected how he would feel in real life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I have is gratitude,\u201d he said. \u201cI would be apologetic and thankful. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor, who has been married to Lauren Miller since 2011, joked that he was nervous about filming the scene because Cruz is married to fellow Oscar-winner Javier Bardem.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you\u2019re very worried about that,\u201d Rogen said, before adding with a laugh, \u201cI don\u2019t think he views me as a legitimate threat in any way, shape or form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogen also revealed that several moments in the film were improvised. He said Cruz suggested singing Sade during one romantic scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was Pen\u00e9lope Cruz\u2019s idea,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a scene where we\u2019re being romantic, and she was like, \u2018What if I start singing Sade to you?\u2019 which is sort of sexy, but also kind of hilarious at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rogen also came up with an idea of his own for the scene, though it didn\u2019t end well for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny if I\u2019m trying to get my pants off and maybe I struggle, and I fall down in the scene,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I did it. Everyone\u2019s like, \u2018That was great.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I hurt my shoulder for seven months,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Invite\u201d stars Wilde as Angela and Rogen as her husband Joe, whose marriage is shaken when they\u2019re propositioned by wealthy couple P\u00edna, played by Cruz, and Hawk, played by Edward Norton.<\/p>\n

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Wilde recently shared another improvised moment from filming \u201cThe Invite,\u201d telling the \u201cTable Manners\u201d podcast that Cruz unexpectedly kissed her during a scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so shocked,\u201d Wilde said. \u201cI turned my head and looked directly into the lens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilde recalled a camera operator saying her name, prompting her to blurt out, \u201cCut. Namaste!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the only thing that came to my mind. \u2018Namaste,’\u201d she said. \u201cAnd everyone was like, \u2018What?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mind went blank because I was so struck by this moment,\u201d Wilde added. \u201cI lost control. I was so madly in love with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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