Anne Hathaway Quit ‘Knocked Up’ Over Graphic Birthing Scene, Says Seth Rogen: ‘She Felt That It Was Not Her Brand’

Jul 2, 2026 1:44pm PT Anne Hathaway Quit ‘Knocked Up’ Over Graphic Birthing Scene, Says Seth Rogen: ‘She Felt That It Was Not Her Brand’

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Anne Hathaway at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York.

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Seth Rogen appeared on “The A24 Podcast” alongside his “The Invite” director and co-star Olivia Wilde and remembered when Anne Hathaway quit “Knocked Up,” Judd Apatow’s classic 2007 comedy in which Rogen and Katherine Heigl starred as a mismatched couple having a baby together. Wilde auditioned for the female lead but didn’t get the part.

“It was Anne Hathaway who quit the movie,” Rogen said, to which Wilde asked a bit about industry lore: “Because of the crowning right? Is that real?”