Riding high (no pun intended) on the surprise success of their high school comedy Superbad, screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were quick to get their next movie, a stoner action comedy called Pineapple Express, into production. This time, Rogen wasn’t too old to play the lead, as he had been with the Jonah Hill role in Superbad, so he played Dale Denton, while his old Freaks and Geeks co-star James Franco was brought in to play the wacky dealer Saul Silver. The two quickly became a comedy pairing for the ages.