This Is the End - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[bryan]

James Franco and Craig Robinson have experience as teachers.

[jeffrey]

Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen revealed that the early rumors, that they had approached Daniel Radcliffe for a part in the movie, and he turned it down, were true. They admitted that it was in the very early stages of writing the script, so not all of the parts were fully developed. Rogen and Goldberg have both stated that they understood why Radcliffe turned it down.

[ivan]

The dog that Seth Rogen is holding, towards the end of the movie, is his actual dog, Zelda.

[chad]

When Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen are pulling up to James Franco's house, the KRS-One song "Step Into a World" is playing, which contains the sample of Blondie's "Rapture". This was an example of foreshadowing in the movie.

[tammy]

Originally, there was going to be a joke where one of the characters said that they had smoked crack with Whitney Houston. When Houston died, the joke was cut, out of respect, and a different joke was used. In addition, while making the film, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were in the process of convincing Prince to let them use the song "Purple Rain", for when Rogen and Jay Baruchel make their way to Heaven. After Houston passed away, Rogen and Goldberg dropped negotiations with Prince, and instead decided to use Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" in those scenes, as a tribute to her.

[jim]

As Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen are in Rogen's living room, a "devil" action figure or doll can be seen on the top left hand side of the the television unit; it is an exact replica of the devil that appears at the end of the movie.