Casting What-Ifs
Shia LaBeouf as Seth; Jennifer Lawrence as Jules; Kyle Gass as Officer Michaels
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- Rogen was meant to be Seth but got too old and became Officer Michaels; after about two years without a Seth, Apatow on the Knocked Up set told Jonah to read into a camera and within an hour he was Seth, per a Ringer piece.
- Shia was circled for Seth but was offer-only; it could have been the best thing for his career or the worst for the movie, with Transformers in 2007 changing his path and a bad wig needed to dork him up.
- An unconfirmed internet claim says Jennifer Lawrence was considered for Jules, the Emma Stone part; she may have been a little young.
- Officer Michaels was originally offered to Kyle Gass of Tenacious D.
- There was little else because it was their crew and they knew who they wanted.