- Michael Cera spoke to Rolling Stone about him and Aubrey Plaza almost getting married in Las Vegas.
- He said that they were going to get divorced "right away."
"Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" costars Michael Cera and Aubrey Plaza nearly exchanged vows in Las Vegas, with the intention of splitting up immediately after.
"We were driving through Vegas and we almost just spontaneously took a detour and got married," Cera said in a new interview with Rolling Stone published Friday.
The "Barbie" star explained that he and Plaza, who were dating at the time, were going to get a marriage certificate.
"I think the idea was to then get a divorce right away, so we could call each other 'my ex-husband' and 'my ex-wife' at like… 20," Cera said.
In Edgar Wright's 2010 cult classic "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," Cera played the titular teen tasked with defeating a league of seven evil exes in order to date Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Plaza had a minor role as Julie Powers, who worked at a coffee shop with Scott's younger sister Stacey (Anna Kendrick).
During a 2016 interview for RuPaul and Michelle Visage's podcast, "What's the Tee," Plaza revealed that she and Cera had an off-screen relationship for a year and a half.
"I dated him for a long time," Plaza said.
"We drove across the country after we shot that movie and almost got married in Vegas," she said, adding that her costar is "very special."
"We love each other," Plaza continued. "We're still really good friends. He's just a weird little freak and we speak the same language. He's one of the funniest people I know."
It's been years since they dated, but Cera told Rolling Stone that he's still a fan of his ex.
"I mean, she's always been so committed to everything that she does," he said when asked about the recent buzz around Plaza following her critically-acclaimed performance on season two of "The White Lotus."
"It's not surprising to me that she's doing really well," Cera said. "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."
Next, Cera and Plaza will reprise their "Scott Pilgrim" roles for an upcoming anime adaptation for Netflix.