{"id":1956083,"date":"2025-08-12T15:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1956083"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:27:19","slug":"how-seth-rogen-had-luke-macfarlanes-back-on-platonic-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-seth-rogen-had-luke-macfarlanes-back-on-platonic-set\/","title":{"rendered":"How Seth Rogen had Luke Macfarlane&#8217;s back on &#8216;Platonic&#8217; set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F108986275.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In this studio, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/11\/entertainment\/seth-rogen-on-james-franco-revealing-the-end-of-their-friendship\/\">Seth Rogen<\/a> treats his actors with the utmost respect. <\/p>\n<p>Since starring in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/15\/seth-rogen-and-rose-byrne-shine-as-just-friends-in-platonic-comedy\/\">Apple TV+ show \u201cPlatonic,\u201d<\/a> Luke Macfarlane has gotten to know the \u201cKnocked Up\u201d star, 43, on a personal level.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, amid Season 2 of the rom-com series, the \u201cBros\u201d actor, 45, is reflecting on one moment in their friendship that stuck with him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Seth Rogen in \u201cPlatonic.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSeth really respects what everyone does,\u201d Macfarlane exclusively told The Post. \u201cYou know, Seth did an amazing thing once, actually. Somebody on set who kind of shouldn\u2019t have said this, told me to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cI was wearing a lav, a microphone, and I brought my hand to my lav, and I covered the lav in the scene. And somebody said something to me like, \u2018Oh, don\u2019t do that with your hand, you\u2019ll cover your lav.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Luke Macfarlane talks \u201cPlatonic\u201d Season 2 with the celebrity.land\u2019s Alexandra Bellusci.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rogen, meanwhile, didn\u2019t appreciate the person stepping in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Seth actually said to that person, \u2018Don\u2019t tell an actor what to do. That\u2019s not your job,&#8217;\u201d Macfarlane reflected. \u201cJust watching somebody look out for his fellow actors \u2013 that\u2019s what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got integrity,\u201d the Hallmark hunk gushed. \u201cHe knows how to look out for his actors. He really cares about an actor feeling comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Luke Macfarlane in a scene from \u201cPlatonic.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Along with advocating for what\u2019s right, Rogen, of course, kept the laughs coming. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeth is very famous for a lot of things. I think he\u2019s really famous for that laugh, you know?\u201d Macfarlane mused. \u201cAnd I will say, working with Seth, you always want to get him to do that laugh. It makes you very happy when you make Seth laugh. So I will say the most Seth Rogen thing you can get him to do is laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlatonic\u201d follows former best friends, Sylvia (Rose Byrne) and Will (Rogen), who reconnect after a years-long rift.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rose Byrne as Sylvia and Seth Rogen as Will.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But for Macfarlane\u2019s Charlie, trying to navigate his wife\u2019s reignited friendship isn\u2019t always an easy feat.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers will get a chance to see it all play out this season. <\/p>\n<p>Macfarlane promises these new episodes will encompass \u201cfriendship, chaos, and comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis second season is different for my character, because in the first season, my character is the rock,\u201d he shared. \u201cThis season, he\u2019s definitely the character that is, oof, a little bit sort of lost. Lost in the weeds. So it was fun to kind of explore this other side of him where he\u2019s a little bit more sort of floundering in the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Luke Macfarlane as Charlie in the Apple TV+ comedy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In real life, though, it\u2019s a whole different story.<\/p>\n<p>Working with Byrne, 46, hits the funny bone \u2014 every single time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRose makes me laugh a lot,\u201d Macfarlane dished. \u201cI think we\u2019re filming a scene where I was, like, popping in and out of a doorway, and of course, the timing was hilarious. So we were just making each other laugh because I felt like I kept on missing the entrance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Seth Rogen in the Apple TV+ rom-com. <span class=\"credit\">Katrina Marcinowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something early in the season where I\u2019m sort of like, you know, doing the sticking my head [in], and I just kept on sticking my head in at the wrong time. So that made us both laugh quite a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macfarlane was able to reunite with both of his witty co-stars for the Season 2 red carpet premiere on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Byrne dove into the \u201cwill-they-won\u2019t-they\u201d of her character\u2019s friendship with Will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite strange to think that this show is quietly groundbreaking because of the subject matter. Because it\u2019s about a very relatable thing, but it\u2019s not discussed, and it\u2019s brought to light in a very fun and funny way,\u201d the actress said, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/platonic-season-2-premiere-seth-rogen-rose-byrne-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Wrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe show has a very light touch, it\u2019s not heavy, it\u2019s relatable and it\u2019s heartfelt, and it is funny when you think, I don\u2019t know many other shows that are about this \u2013 where the core center of the show is this relationship, which is entirely dysfunctional and wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The cast of \u201cPlatonic.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rogen echoed his on-screen bestie\u2019s sentiments, stating: \u201cTraditionally in narrative work, a romantic story is much preferred to a platonic one. I think it is a relatively contemporary idea to even explore friendship, it\u2019s just shedding this old structure of movies and television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlatonic\u201d Season 2 new episodes drop on Apple TV+\u00a0every Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this studio, Seth Rogen treats his actors with the utmost respect. Since starring in the Apple TV+ show \u201cPlatonic,\u201d Luke Macfarlane has gotten to know the \u201cKnocked Up\u201d star, 43, on a personal level. 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