Evan Goldberg with Seth Rogen Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment It doesn't get much more Hollywood than this: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's star-packed Hollywood satire The Studio for Apple TV+ is basking in the golden glow of awards season thanks to the Television Academy, which just handed over 23 nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards, tying the record for most comedy nominations in a single season and emerging as the show to beat over favorites like Hacks and The Bear. "I don't think anything good is ever going to happen, so it's nice when it does," quips Rogen by telephone hours after nominations were revealed last month. It's a statement that would effortlessly roll out of the mouth of the man he plays on the show, frequently beleaguered studio boss Matt Remick who is trying to maintain his perch and build a legacy in an IP-dominated industry. Kool-Aid man aside, the show featured a who's who of Hollywood stars, many of whom also heard their names read on July 15, among them Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Bryan Cranston, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Zoë Kravitz, Anthony Mackie and Dave Franco. Related Stories Movies Oscars: Switzerland Picks Health-Care Drama 'Late Shift' as Best International Feature Submission TV Emmy Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Scott's First Post-Nominations Read of the Race Below, Rogen and Goldberg talk about their good fortunes, how they overcame all those logistical challenges for season one and why they hired Oscar-winning guest star Sarah Polley for next season's writers room. As people who don't expect good things to happen, how do you wrap your head around tying the record for most comedy nominations in a season? SETH ROGEN You don't. You just kind of let it wash over and hope you don't deal with it wrong. I think I'm still in shock a little bit, but it's very, very, very nice. It's not something that has been a part of our career, really, in any way, shape or form. We've had a lovely career despite awards, and so the fact that at this age, there's a whole new novelty and level of recognition that we've never gotten is very nice, and it's surreal that it's for something that is so Hollywood specific. Olivia Wilde with Rogen in The Studio. Courtesy of Apple TV+ Seth, you do so much work on The Studio with writing, directing, executive producing but it's also your performance that serves as the heart of the show. It seemed like fans and critics alike were rooting for Matt Remick. What does it mean to be singled out for your performance with a nom? ROGEN It's so nice. I really tried to do something that I hadn't done before. From a character standpoint, it really spoke to me in terms of how I actually feel as a person than any of the other characters I generally portray. For better or worse, it speaks most closely to my own personal anxieties and how I fear I come across. There were times throughout this process when I honestly was very concerned about my performance and I wanted to make sure I was serving the show well, and I wanted to make sure that I wasn't letting down all of these amazing actors I was surrounded by because I was doing so many other jobs. I still wanted to be a good scene partner despite all of that. It's nice knowing that my performance didn't ruin the whole show. When you have those concerns, where do you take them? To Evan? ROGEN Yeah, I talked to Evan. He's the first person I go to. Evan and my wife. Evan, what is it like to have those conversations? GOLDBERG I concluded that [his performance] was working a little bit before him because I was behind the camera all the time. He'd come over every now and then and ask, "Is this working?" Or, "Is that working?" I would say, "I know it's working. We're good." A week or two later, he came to accept the same truth, which was a huge relief. But it was only the first few weeks when we even had a back and forth about it. Then we just knew it was working and everything started rolling. A scene from The Studio featuring Ike Barinholtz, Bryan Cranston and Chase Sui Wonders. Courtesy of Apple TV+ You overcame so many challenges in terms of logistics with all of the locations, the oners, the cameos, extras, tone, etc. What delivered the most anxiety? GOLDBERG There were a few moments. We created a team that could deliver in the format with remembering their lines or doing improv during long extended scenes. Sometimes there were actors who had small little roles that didn't quite know how to do it or we had issues with background actors. Those were moments when we had to really direct the person into the right spot. Sometimes we had to just accept that the person was never quite going to get it so we moved things around. ROGEN I would say, conversely, for pretty much every scene there was a