Michael Cera tells Rolling Stone that he and Aubrey Plaza almost got married so they could divorce right away and call each other ‘ex-husband’ and ‘ex-wife’ at 20

Michael Cera tells Rolling Stone that he and Aubrey Plaza almost got married so they could divorce right away and call each other ‘ex-husband’ and ‘ex-wife’ at 20.

In the scene, Cera’s character slaps the derrière of Rihanna’s character, who then slaps him across the face in return. Allegedly, Rihanna agreed to let Cera actually slap her backside on the condition that she could slap him in the face. “I definitely did not regret it! I was into it,” Cera said.

The Superbad star continued, “The take that is in the movie, she really did hit my ear, which was disorienting. But I have no regrets. I didn’t lose any hearing over it, fortunately!” This Is the End, a Seth Rogen-helmed apocalyptic black comedy that also starred Jonah Hill, Emma Watson, Kevin Hart, Backstreet Boys, Paul Rudd, Mindy Kaling and Channing Tatum, grossed $126 million at the worldwide box office.

In the scene, Cera’s character slaps the derrière of Rihanna’s character, who then slaps him across the face in return. Allegedly, Rihanna agreed to let Cera actually slap her backside on the condition that she could slap him in the face. “I definitely did not regret it! I was into it,” Cera said.

The Superbad star continued, “The take that is in the movie, she really did hit my ear, which was disorienting. But I have no regrets. I didn’t lose any hearing over it, fortunately!” This Is the End, a Seth Rogen-helmed apocalyptic black comedy that also starred Jonah Hill, Emma Watson, Kevin Hart, Backstreet Boys, Paul Rudd, Mindy Kaling and Channing Tatum, grossed $126 million at the worldwide box office.

Cera was in town shooting Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and, coming on the heels of Arrested Development, Superbad, and Juno, at the height of his geek-heartthrob powers. He remembers that his favorite sketch involved him playing one of those gold-man living statues you see in Times Square. And, while the performance wasn’t televised, footage of it does exist.

“Maggie [Carey], Bill Hader’s wife at the time, recorded the whole thing,” says Cera. “So there’s a tape of it … somewhere.”

But there are no hard feelings between the exes, as the Juno star went on to praise Aubrey for her many acting roles, and shared his amazement for one particular Hollywood job she has.

“She’s always been so committed to everything that she does,” the 35-year-old said. “It’s not surprising to me that she’s doing really well. The thing that’s surprising to me is how much she’s producing and putting together projects. It’s amazing. Ingrid Goes West? That was so great.”