Michael Cera Revived the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Cast Email Chain After a 9-Year Break; Chris Evans Playfully Wrote Back: ‘What the F— Are You Doing?’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director As fate would have it, the decades-old “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” cast email chain was randomly revived by Michael Cera just before Netflix ordered its new “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” anime series featuring the original film cast in voice roles.
Franchise creator Bryan Lee O’Malley revealed the coincidence in a chat with Entertainment Weekly, noting that the long-dormant email chain’s revival was so random that cast member Chris Evans hilariously called out Cera. “The cast have spoken about this email chain a lot but there’s one detail that I don’t think anyone has mentioned,” O’Malley said. “We were exchanging emails when the movie was coming out and then this thread went dormant for about nine years.
Then, before this anime was even on the docket, Michael Cera responded to a meme someone had sent as if no time had passed. He just said, ‘Oh, that’s funny.’ Chris Evans responded like, ‘Michael, what the fuck are you doing responding to this email from nine years ago?’ And then we all started chatting again.” O’Malley added, “We were all pretty young when we made the movie.
We all felt like family and I think we have ever since.” Cera’s decision to revive the “Scott Pilgrim” cast email chain paid off, as the group started talking again more regularly.
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