The news from this interview Megan Fox did with USA Today’s Weekend Magazine has been coming out in drips and drabs, but now they finally put out the full interview. As it turns out, Megan sat down with Seth Rogen, and the two were interviewed together. They play off of each other nicely, and it wouldn’t be the worst idea for the two of them to star in some kind of buddy comedy (hint, Hollywood producers). This is the same interview where Megan says she isn’t trying to take Cate Blanchett down – but Cate isn’t the only celebrity Megan and Seth are talking about.

Megan and Seth were also asked “If you were the opposite sex but had the same gifts and qualities, how would things be different?” That’s an interesting question, and Seth answers honestly, basically saying it’s okay to be funny-looking if you’re a guy, but not so much for women. Megan seems to think that the question was basically “If you could be any guy, who would it be?” She seems to answer “George Clooney”. Ah, wise choice.

They may love comic books and crude jokes and share a spot on new Hollywood’s hot list, but Megan Fox and Seth Rogen never got acquainted until USA WEEKEND Magazine brought them together in L.A. for this in-depth interview.

At 27, Rogen has written, produced or starred in 600 trillion movies (“around that, yeah”), including “Knocked Up” and “Observe and Report.” In summer’s “Funny People,” he plays a writer for a famous comedian. These days, Rogen looks relatively fit and groomed. But he’s quick to joke that he’s still a pothead.

Fox, on the other hand, is just smokin’. The model turned actress was “thrust into the limelight” in 2007 with “Transformers” and now is compared to a young Angelina. But as Fox, 22, is eager to prove in June’s sequel, “Revenge of the Fallen,” and future films, there is more to her than meets the eye.

Seated side by side at a cozy table after their photo shoot, the stars hit it off.

Before landing high-profile movies and magazine covers, you were both TV sitcom sidekicks. Did you ever doubt you’d wind up where you are now?
Seth: Yes! I doubt I’m even at that point.
Megan: I agree. I started acting as a way to make money and avoid college. I sort of fell into it having no idea what I was doing … in “Transformers” as well.

Is it true that you didn’t know you were the female lead in “Transformers” until the end of filming?
Megan: Yes. Everything was on lockdown. The script wasn’t released to anyone. The director, Michael Bay, was the only one who’d seen it.
Seth: Guess what? The robots transform! [Laughs.]

In “Revenge,” you flee evil Decepticons for just about the entire movie. At least your male co-stars hauled butt in comfy sneakers — you were in heels!
Megan: Stilettos — and for the last part of the film, motorcycle boots. I had major shinsplints and threw out my back a couple times. Beyond that, Michael likes everyone freakishly tan, so we were painted maroon, like in the old Westerns when they hired Caucasians to play Native Americans. I had on fake eyelashes, running through the desert with sand stuck in them, and I’m sweating off all the makeup. It looked like we were making a tragedy.

Was the set of “Funny People” a bit more chill?
Seth: No, it was pretty much like that. [Laughs.]

Men and women are not always judged equally in Hollywood. If you were the opposite sex but had the same gifts and qualities, how would things be different?
Seth: I would’ve had a much more difficult time being an unconventional-looking woman. I think being an unconventional-looking man is fine. Most of my favorite comedians have been weird-looking: Bill Murray, John Candy, Buster Keaton. It’s almost embraced in the male world. People don’t want their comedy from a real handsome guy.
Megan: I think I would be like George Clooney. He’s sarcastic, and he has a different girlfriend constantly. It’s considered charismatic. He’s like this James Bond, sexy dude. The older he gets, the better he gets. It’s a double standard. To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women. As soon as you curse or, God forbid, make some sort of sexual reference that’s a joke, you’re [labeled a party girl]. They don’t do that with men, so I feel it would be a lot easier.

Olympian Michael Phelps recently got in trouble for photos of him holding a bong. Any incriminating photos of you taking a hit?
Seth: [Big laugh.] Yeah, definitely.
Megan: But you’re not on a Wheaties box.
Seth: Exactly, I never claimed to be a role model.

[From USA Weekend Magazine]

I didn’t like Seth’s answer to the Michael Phelps question. Just because Phelps was respected and admired by kids as a role model, doesn’t mean Phelps put himself out there as perfect. Kids choose their own role models, and I’m sure there are young boys who look up to Seth. Just because Seth didn’t “claim” to be a role model, doesn’t mean he isn’t one. Maybe I’m just nit-picking, but that answer bothered me. Other than that, it’s kind of a cute interview.

Photo credit: WENN.com.