Towards the conclusion of 2013's alternate reality absurdist comedy This Is the End, the gang (which at this point consists of Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, and James Franco) reunites with a power drunk Danny McBride, who reveals that his new sex slave is none other than Channing Tatum. Remember, this was just a year after 21 Jump Street came out, when most people still saw Tatum as just a model-turned-uber-bro actor. Seeing him wear a gimp mask and be tugged around on a leash by McBride was an unexpected treat, to say the least.

How did Rogen, who wrote the film, charm the Hollywood hunk into going full sub? Well, in the way most negotiations happen in the 21st century—over a cleverly worded email.

Appearing on Andy Cohen's Sirius XM Radio show, Rogen read aloud the email exchange word for word. Rogen's initial email said the following:

In the script, Danny has a gimp bitch that he keeps on the end of the leash. He refers to the guy as his little slut and talks about how he butt fucks the gimp because there are no rules anymore. The gimp is wearing a wrestling mask, and when he pulls it up we would love nothing more than for it to be you underneath ... Please don’t take this the wrong way or be insulted by this. We just think it’s a great joke and you would be great doing it.

We have to imagine that, whether you're Channing Tatum or not, it's gotta be pretty weird as an actor to get an email like this from Seth Rogen. Still, Tatum seemed more than game (though he admitted in 2014 on Conan that he might have been slightly sauced when agreeing to the role). "One, what the fuck? Two, that’s the craziest shit I’ve ever heard. Three, when and where do I show up?” said Tatum.

Let this whole thing be a learning opportunity for all of us: 1) Nothing beats the art of a good email—which Channing Tatum has already proven he is amazing at. And 2) We should all be egoless good sports who will let Danny McBride embarrass us on camera with putdowns like "Get off my dick!"