We all remember Emma Stone’s signature red hair in Superbad, now it’s been revealed that Judd Apatow is the one who created it.
Judd Apatow claims responsibility for Emma Stone’s red hair
Today we honor one of the greatest teen comedies of all time, Superbad. The success of the film appears even more unlikely now that theatrically released comedies are rare. Can you believe people used to pay $15 to go to a movie theater and laugh along with everyone else? Of course, in today’s meme-eat-meme world, where most comedy consists of a content creator lip-syncing to someone else’s terrible TikTok sketch, Superbad is nothing short of a miracle.
In honor of the film’s 25th anniversary, Vanity Fair assembled an extraordinary oral history that provides some behind-the-scenes goodness for all you Superfreaks out there. There’s a lot of gold in this, including rumors that Jonah Hill found Christopher Mintz-Plasse so irritating that Judd Apatow felt compelled to cast Mintz-Plasse as McLovin’.
Speaking of Apatow, he not only offered brilliant casting advice like, “Hire this man because our lead thinks he’s annoying,” but he also cursed Oscar-winner Emma Stone for having her distinctive red hair.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Stone said, “I feel like it’s a real testament to the power of casting directors and all of these auditions that you think are failed auditions and these parts you don’t get.” “Sometimes someone remembers you, and asks you to come in for something and changes your whole life.” How did Judd Apatow change her life, exactly? He suggested that they alter the color of her hair.
“There was a concern that she had the same color hair as [co-star] Martha MacIsaac’s. And I said, ‘Well, maybe it could be like red or something.’” Apatow said. “So we dyed her hair red, which I think she had never done before. And since then, she has cursed me because now people love her with red hair and she’s had to live with that for a lot of her adult life.”
