"I wanted to do something where like the main guy makes bad decisions and he’s kind of an asshole," Hill said. "And you know, if there’s a theme with the works we’ve done, that’s only as a response to that kind of mainstream bullshit."

In a separate interview with Wired.com during SXSW, Rogen said he had no idea how audiences would react to the genuinely twisted Observe and Report, in which he moves into uncharted territory with his portrayal of "super antihero" security guard Ronnie, a character that is far darker than his usual nice-guy roles.

"I cannot begin to predict," said the comic actor who previously starred in such geek-friendly fare as Superbad, Pineapple Express and Zack and Miri Make a Porno. "And I never can, to be honest. But this [movie],

I’d say even more so than the others, I really don’t know.

There’s no precedent for this one."

During a panel discussion about Observe and Report during SXSW, Rogen’s co-conspirator Faris said she relished the opportunity to play the obnoxious Brandi, a role she nails with pitch-perfect comedic timing. But in an interview with A.V. Club, she says she was surprised that the sex scene made it into the picture.

"I’m so grateful I was cast," she said, "but when I read the script, I thought, ‘Well, this is Warner Bros. This is a studio movie, so this is all gonna be softened up. It’s a comedy, right?’ So when we were shooting it, even the date-rape scene — or as I refer to it, ‘The Tender

Love-Making Scene’ — I just thought, ‘We’ll shoot it, but it’s not gonna be in the movie. I don’t have to worry about that one.’ And yet there it is."

So there it is indeed.

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