JUDD APATOW - DIRECTOR SHOOTS MOCKUMENTARY WITH BLOOM + FRANCO GETTING FIRED

DIRECTOR SHOOTS MOCKUMENTARY WITH BLOOM + FRANCO GETTING FIRED

Quirky moviemaker JUDD APATOW shot a mockumentary, which features him firing ORLANDO BLOOM and JAMES FRANCO, while filming his new comedy KNOCKED UP. The 40-Year-Old Virgin director plans to release his 'Search For Seth' movie as part of the film's DVD release this Christmas (07). The film suggests chubby 40-Year-Old Virgin star Seth Rogen wasn't the first choice to play the unlikely romantic lead in Knocked Up - and Apatow went through a string of top names before finding his man. The director explains, "It's about how Seth Rogen was the 10th choice to play the lead. During our shoot we would have actors come and perform a scene and then I would fire them. "We had Orlando Bloom auditioning and James Franco did it. There's a moment in the film where I thought I should be the lead as an actor/director. "It was this whole documentary about how hard it was to find Seth."