Seth Rogen used Apple TV+’s FYC showcase in Hollywood this week to make an audacious plea: coax three-time Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis out of semi-retirement for a cameo in Season 2 of “The Studio,” the streamer’s hit satire of modern moviemaking. “He’s the greatest living actor…his process is so specific that I think that would be interesting to explore on the show,” Rogen said, before addressing the actor directly: “Daniel, please consider a Zoom with us. We’ll pitch you a good idea!”

Apple renewed the ten-episode comedy last week after its March debut drew a 93 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a string of celebrity cameos from Martin Scorsese to Charlize Theron. Production is expected to start later this year for a 2026 launch.

Whether Day-Lewis, 68, is persuadable remains uncertain. The actor declared he was “no longer working as an actor” after 2017’s “Phantom Thread” but agreed...