- Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde have developed a unique on-screen dynamic, characterised by their ability to “scream” at each other, which they first explored in The Studio and continue in their new film, The Invite.
- The actors, who are both 40-somethings, first crossed paths over two decades ago during a table read for Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, where Wilde did not secure a role, suggesting their current 'prickly, abrasive' collaboration is a more suitable pairing.
- In The Invite, which expands nationwide on 10th July, Rogen and Wilde portray Joe and Angela, a couple whose existing tensions are amplified during a revelation-filled dinner party with their more liberated upstairs neighbours, Pína (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton).
- Olivia Wilde initially experienced 'impostor syndrome' about acting in 'The Invite' and had to be overtly pressured by Seth Rogen and the rest of the cast, who devised a 'multipronged attack' to convince her to take the role.
- The film delves into American cultural attitudes towards marriage and sex, with Wilde noting a 'puritanical attitude' that keeps people in difficult relationships, while both actors appreciated the creative freedom of an independent production over a studio film.
