Seth Rogen on The Fabelmans and Steven Spielberg's Inhuman Ability to Build Scenes

Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg’s next feature to hit theaters may very well be the renowned filmmaker’s most personal undertaking yet. The Fabelmans is an intimate glimpse at Spielberg’s own upbringing, and a mirror he holds up to his most formative years spent honing what would later become an acclaimed career in film. Co-written by Spielberg and Tony Kushner, and set in a post-World War II era, the film follows young Sammy Fabelman as he navigates youth and the pains of growing up through a camera lens. Starring Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as Spielberg’s fictional mother and father, The Fabelmans also features Seth Rogen as Bennie Loewy, who plays an uncle-figure in Sammy’s life. In his interview with Collider’s Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub, Rogen discusses the “crazy” Zoom call when Spielberg offered him a role in the movie, the comradery of working alongside industry greats, and the “miraculous” way the director commands a set. He also talks about the boundaries The Boys Sea