Overview
- Seth Rogen told The A24 Podcast that Anne Hathaway left pre-production on Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up because she did not want the baby’s “crowning” to be shown on screen.
- Rogen emphasized he was repeating what he was told and added that there “could have been a hundred million things,” acknowledging uncertainty about the full reason.
- Multiple reports reiterate that the film’s close-up crowning shot was produced with a prosthetic after production choices and labor limits prevented filming an actual birth.
- Variety and other outlets say they reached out to Hathaway’s representatives for comment and that no public response has been reported in the current coverage.
- Hathaway has previously said uncertainty about how she would feel about giving birth influenced her 2007 decision, and Katherine Heigl ultimately took the role in a film that became a major box-office success.