Jake Johnson Recalls His Daughter Finding Nude Mags 'Minx' Creator Ellen Rapoport Sent Him (Exclusive)
etonline.com, which will return on Starz after being canceled by Max, star Jake Johnson revealed the awkward moment one of his daughters found one of the nude magazines creator Ellen Rapoport sent him during the pandemic while developing the workplace comedy about the launch of the first erotic magazine for female readers. «What's actually funny is Ellen — when we were working on ideas of playing this part — she was sending material that got her very excited.
And she sent me, [during the] pandemic year, a bunch of naked dude magazines to my house,» the actor recalled to ET's Will Marfuggi, referring to his role as Doug Renetti, a low-rent publisher of niche magazines and owner of Bottom Dollar Publications, who ends up partnering with a young, ambitious editor, Joyce Prigger (Ophelia Lovibond), to launch . «And so, I got them and I was like, first of all, I don't, like, need to look through these.
I know what they are,» Johnson continued, revealing that he «put them on this shelf» before Lovibond jumped in to share that she looked through all the ones Rapoport sent her. «What do you mean?
I did,» she said, joking that she asked for more. «I love getting them. My mom came over and went to the other room to make a cup of tea, came back in and was like, 'This is fantastic.' She's like, 'I remember these original ones.' I was like, 'Do you really?'»That's when Johnson revealed he had a similar encounter, but his version didn't involve a parent. «I had that experience, but it wasn't my mom, it was one of my daughters,» he shared. «And I had to go like, 'Give me that now…' And I had to say, 'Hey, Ellen.
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