Michael Cera Responded to a 9-Year-Old 'Scott Pilgrim' Email Chain & Chris Evans Called Him Out
Michael Cera might have helped the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World revival via a reply.
A new Entertainment Weekly story explains how the project – an upcoming animated Netflix TV series – first got off the ground.
According to executive producer Bryan Lee O’Malley, the 35-year-old actor’s email may have something to do with it.
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“The cast have spoken about this email chain a lot but there’s one detail that I don’t think anyone has mentioned,” he explained.
“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,’” he continued.
“Chris Evans responded like, ‘Michael, what the f— are you doing responding to this email from nine years ago?’ And then we all started chatting again,” he recounts.
“We were all pretty young when we made the movie. We all felt like family and I think we have ever since,” he went on to reflect.