{"id":6984,"date":"2019-05-03T20:14:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2019-05-03T20:14:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:14:43","slug":"long-shot-is-a-reminder-that-seth-rogen-has-always-been-boyfriend-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/long-shot-is-a-reminder-that-seth-rogen-has-always-been-boyfriend-material\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Long Shot&#8217; Is A Reminder That Seth Rogen Has Always Been Boyfriend Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seth Rogen might arguably have the most solid career as a movie boyfriend of any actor working right now. You laugh, but I firmly believe any one of Rogen\u2019s boyfriend or husband characters can go toe-to-toe with any traditionally hunky guy, showing them all up by reminding us that it\u2019s not just how you look (and believe you me, this Canadian export is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a looker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) but who you are. Rogen has always been boyfriend material in the context of the romantic roles he takes on and his latest movie, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Shot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, only cements that fact even further. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/long-shot\/258655\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Shot <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has a traditional \u201copposites attract\u201d premise: Wildcard journalist Fred Flarsky (Rogen) is hired to be a campaign speechwriter meant to spice up Secretary of State Charlotte Field\u2019s presidential campaign. As we find out in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Shot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trailer, these two actually have some history because Charlotte used to be Fred\u2019s babysitter. Still, Charlotte and Fred\u2019s relationship is a slow bloom, with Rogen\u2019s Fred eventually making it clear that he may not be what Charlotte was expecting in a romantic partner, but he\u2019s exactly what she needs, from his very loving heart to his feistiness to his unmatched ability to keep her spirits up whenever she needs him to. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RHJATHk7RI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s no surprise that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Shot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Fred is an extremely lovable dude because Rogen is able to bring that energy to every romantic male character he\u2019s ever played. Think of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knocked Up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neighbors, The Night Before, Pineapple Express, Like Father<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hell, think of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freaks and Geeks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Rogen\u2019s breakout role. The common bonds between these roles are all the things we love about Rogen and what make the men, as romantic partners, so worthwhile. Yes, these guys mess up from time to time and sure, it\u2019s not shocking if they\u2019re called a slacker in a heated moment. But thanks to the way these characters have been written and the way Rogen chooses to play them, we see that these are men that are full of compassion, intelligence, perseverance, and full of a natural wit that makes them all ideal partners for the women they ultimately end up with. Even better, the romantic men Rogen ends up playing are never malicious, rude, or shady. Their romantic intentions always come from a place of good, asking the audience to seriously consider them a viable romantic prospect just as the character asks his love interest to do. What&#8217;s more, they&#8217;re always given the opportunity to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while there\u2019s something uniquely unconventional about the way Rogen\u2019s characters appear on screen or on the page, it\u2019s also down to Rogen\u2019s personality and acting instincts that make him the perfect actor to play literally any and every relatable movie boyfriend. In interviews, on Instagram, on the red carpet, and everywhere in between, Rogen\u2019s warmth and charm shine through. Whether it\u2019s his incredible laugh that you find endearing or his complete openness and honesty, Rogen is the real deal IRL and it\u2019s time to admit that he\u2019s a man truly suited to playing male romantic leads. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we also need to realize is the value and necessity of continuing to cast Rogen as a romantic lead. For the duration of his career, Rogen has (whether it\u2019s conscious or not) been subverting our expectations and Hollywood\u2019s messaging about the kinds of people who are allowed to fall in love or be seen as attractive, worthy partners. Again, that\u2019s no shade to Rogen, a man I have long crushed on and will always be here for. Even though we might get tired of Rogen playing yet another schlubby slacker with a heart of gold, it\u2019s necessary he keeps doing it because he is going to continually reshape the face of romantic comedies or what an acceptable male romantic lead looks like. Screw six-pack abs or some high-falutin\u2019 career and give me the man who will genuinely love you and support you until the cows come home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically, Rogen has always been boyfriend material. We stan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Shot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is in theaters now. Get your tickets <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/long-shot\/258655\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seth Rogen might arguably have the most solid career as a movie boyfriend of any actor working right now. You laugh, but I firmly believe any one of Rogen\u2019s boyfriend or husband characters can go toe-to-toe with any traditionally hunky guy, showing them all up by reminding us that it\u2019s not just how you look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[40,37],"class_list":["post-6984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-featuredpage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6994,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984\/revisions\/6994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}