In the new romantic comedy “Long Shot,” Charlize Theron plays the current Secretary of State of the United States and a presidential hopeful, and Seth Rogen plays … well, let’s say a “Seth Rogen-type.”
And yeah, we know what you’re thinking. Sounds like a long shot, hence the title. But the film was previously titled “Flarsky,” and Rogen plays Flarsky, which was a nickname given to him by Theron’s character when she would babysit him as a child. Now that she’s a high-powered politician and he a struggling, beltway journalist, she brings him in as a speech writer and slowly forms a relationship with him, despite her hectic schedule.
“We surveyed some constituents to see how they would feel if Kate Middleton started dating Danny DeVito,” an aide says to Theron’s character in the first trailer for the film. “Pretty negative reaction.”
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And yeah, we know what you’re thinking. Sounds like a long shot, hence the title. But the film was previously titled “Flarsky,” and Rogen plays Flarsky, which was a nickname given to him by Theron’s character when she would babysit him as a child. Now that she’s a high-powered politician and he a struggling, beltway journalist, she brings him in as a speech writer and slowly forms a relationship with him, despite her hectic schedule.
“We surveyed some constituents to see how they would feel if Kate Middleton started dating Danny DeVito,” an aide says to Theron’s character in the first trailer for the film. “Pretty negative reaction.”
Also Read: Seth Rogen...
- 2/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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