Apparently time is now moving much faster than it used to and Pineapple Express is already 10 years old.
David Gordon Green’s comedy starring Seth Rogen, James Franco and Danny McBride still stands as one of the best modern stoner movies – sitting somewhere between the early Judd Apatow classics and the big budget insanity of This Is The End.
To mark the film’s first decade, Rogen – who co-wrote the script with Evan Goldberg – has taken to Twitter to reveal a string of factoids about the making of the film.
It turns out Franco got a nail in his head, McBride cracked his head open and Rogen did his own stunts…
In #PineappleExpress, me and my co-writer Evan had to roll all the cross joints needed to film (about 100) ourselves because nobody else on the crew could roll them properly.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
The name #PineappleExpress was around for years before the movie. It%u2019s a Hawaiian weather system that sometimes hits the Pacific Northwest, which is where we%u2019re from. Evan heard the name and said %u201Cthat would be a great name for a movie.%u201D Years later we found a perfect fit.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
There was NO strain of weed called #PineappleExpress when we made the movie. We said %u201Cif one day, people are out there selling weed called Pineapple Express, it worked%u201D.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
Throughout the fight scene in Red%u2019s house in #PineappleExpress, I broke my finger and Danny McBride got his head cracked open when Franco hit him with the bong.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
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The reason Saul wears a headband in #PineappleExpress is the result of another injury. There%u2019s a shot (that%u2019s in the movie) when we are running through the woods, Franco hits his head on a tree. He actually hit his head on a screw that was holding a pad in place and got stitches.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
In #PineappleExpress, Red refers to his ex wife having gotten out of jail recently. There%u2019s a pic of Red and his ex wife, who was played by Stormy Daniels.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
We wrote #PineappleExpress express for me to play Saul and Franco to play Dale. James wanted to switch roles, and I didn%u2019t care that much, so we did.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
The shots of the dick drawings on the principals desk in Superbad was actually filmed on the set of #PineappleExpress in the woods while we were shooting Dale and Saul destroying their cell phones.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
In #PineappleExpress, Red was originally supposed to die the first time he was shot when he was tied up in his apartment, but we thought Danny Mcbride was so funny that we just kept bringing him back to life.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
While we were filming the scene where Red is taped to the chair in #PineappleExpress, Danny had to actually be taped in the chair all day and we couldn%u2019t let him out because it took too long to put him back. pic.twitter.com/vBmmcRTuiL
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
I did my 99% of my own stunts in #PineappleExpress, (which might explain all the injuries) including this one: pic.twitter.com/DrV9jF1wIS
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
In #PineappleExpress, originally, Red killed Matheson with a Ford Fiesta, but Ford didn%u2019t want their car involved in a movie murder so we had to change it to a Daewoo Lanos, which is ultimately much funnier I think.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
Huey Lewis and the News recorded an original theme song for #PineappleExpress. We were inspired by our favorite 80s movies that had rock songs with their titles. Here he is performing it on Kimmel: https://t.co/nXVbuiW9z0 via @YouTube
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
We DID have a smoking billboard for #PineappleExpress that got shut down by the fire department because people keep thinking it was on fire. https://t.co/UslrDgNyuN
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
The song Paper Planes by MIA does not actually appear in the movie #PineappleExpress, just the trailer.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
Of all the weird references in #PineappleExpress, my favorite is to the fact that Matheson is wearing %u201CBritish Knights%u201D, because when I was a kid I wore the fuck out of my BK%u2019s.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
In #PineappleExpress, Saul calls his shit weed %u201CSnicklefritz%u201D because it%u2019s what our practical FX supervisor would call his second in command when he didn%u2019t like what he was doing and we thought it was hilarious.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018
Kanye came to the premiere of #PineappleExpress. pic.twitter.com/VpOMXHoiJI
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 6 August 2018