Anne Hathaway Quit Knocked Up Over Birth Scene, Says Co-Star

In a recent episode of The A24 Podcast, Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde discussed the 2007 comedy Knocked Up, in which Seth co-starred. Olivia said she auditioned to take the female lead role that Katherine Heigl landed in the movie, but was rejected.

They also discussed Anne Hathaway, who Seth claimed was going to co-star alongside him but “quit”.

“It was Anne Hathaway who quit the movie,” he said, to which Olivia replied: “Because of the crowning right? Is that real?”.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin star replied, “Yeah, I mean… it could have been a hundred million things. That was what I remember being told.

He added that he understood the graphic birthing scene in the movie to have been a dealbreaker because it wasn’t Anne’s “brand”.

“Crowning is a tough one. She didn’t want the crowning of the baby to be visually representative. Even though it wasn’t going to be hers… It’s obviously not real,” he stated.

“But… she felt that it was not her brand. Part of me also… we had started rehearsing the movie… maybe she was just like, ‘I don’t know if this is for me.’ I don’t know. I will take what she said at face value, which was the crowning.”

He continued, “She had a sense, and she knew it was not for her… and history will tell….

“She has been right about a lot more things than I have over the years. So I think she was probably right. [Katherine Heigl] knew what was right for her, yes. And then Heigl was great. Katie Heigl was great.”

HuffPost UK has reached out to Anne Hathaway’s representatives for a response. You can watch the entire The A24 Podcast here.