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Josh Duhamel Says He’s “Kind Of Flattered” To Be Joked About In ‘The Studio’ Even Though His Last Name Was Mispronounced


When Josh Duhamel began streaming 'The Studio,' the satirical comedy from co-creator Seth Rogen, he wasn't expecting to be the butt of a couple jokes.

“There’s a whole episode with me being cast as the Kool-Aid Guy,” the actor began, referencing Episode 7 of Season 1, titled simply “Casting.” In it, Rogen’s newly minted Continental Studios CEO is struggling to put together a docket of actors for a new Kool-Aid movie, launching a convoluted and hilarious workplace dilemma in which he and his team are so heavily invested in not leaning into stereotypes that they inadvertently do so. When the Shotgun Wedding actor said the show’s leads pronounced it as “do-HAH-mill” as opposed to “DUH-mel,” Rosenbaum posited that they likely “did that as a joke, though,” to which Duhamel responded, “They might have. Recently renewed for a second season, the workplace comedy set at a fictitious storied moviemaking company features a who’s who of rotating cameos, including Martin Scorsese, Zoë Kravitz, Ron Howard, Adam Scott and many others.

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