Rogen to star in Simpsons

2009-01-07 19:12

Los Angeles - Seth Rogen is to star in The Simpsons.

The Superbad actor has written an episode of the hit US animated series, and has cast himself as a lead character.

Matt Groening, the creator of the cartoon, confirmed rumours Rogen had approached the show.

"He wrote an episode we'll be reading soon, where Comic-Book Guy creates a superhero comic which then gets made into a feature film. Homer plays the lead and to slim down, Seth Rogen will play his personal trainer," said Matt.

Matt also revealed most people do not know the long-running TV series is still produced as traditionally as possible.

"Every episode is still drawn by hand, but we no longer have animators willing to ink and paint actual stories, so it's all done on computer," he explained to Nuts magazine.

"To get continuity with the way the way it was done traditionally, we dirty up the picture and make it look the way it used to, with a lot of dirt on the drawings, so no one knows it's done by computer." - Bang Showbiz.com

- Bang