Before Sony Pictures pulled the fitting Wednesday on the Dec. 25 arrival of "The Interview" in the midst of terrorism dangers, Seth Rogen told The Hill he had no qualms about the film he co-composed and steered.
Inquired as to whether he lamented centering the film on genuine North Korean pioneer Kim Jong-un, instead of a fanciful tyrant, Rogen said, "No, not at all. I think it's really funny."
"I'm sure they'll see it," Rogen, 32, said at the time of North Korean officials, "and I'm sure they'll hate it."
Since the screening a month ago in Washington of the drama - which is around a couple of columnists, played by Rogen and James Franco, who plot to kill Kim - a hacking gathering called Guardians of Peace stole delicate information from the motion picture's merchant and creation organization, Sony Pictures, and debilitated a 9/11-style assault.
Grand Cinemas, where November's D.c. screening occurred, was among a few theater chains that pulled or deferred the debut of the motion picture. Great Entertainment Group said in an announcement that it "has chosen to defer the opening of the film in our theaters" because of "wavering backing of the film" and the "equivocal nature of any genuine or saw security dangers."
Soon after Regal's Wednesday report, Sony said it wouldn't discharge "The Interview" as anticipated Christmas Day. In an announcement, the organization said it was "profoundly disheartened at this audacious push to smother the circulation of a motion picture."
"We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome."
Keeping in mind the film's discharge seems, by all accounts, to be wiped out and Franco is currently allegedly being trailed by a security protect, just a month back, Rogen seemed loose about the disputable motion picture.
"It's silly, it's not like a serious, political - it's not like 'Argo,' " Rogen said of his big-screen project as he chugged beers with fans that had won tickets to the top-secret screening via Twitter. While typically celebrities are flanked by handlers and publicists, Rogen was flying solo for the event.
"We didn't make up anything. It's all real," Rogen said, adding that he did "a lot" of research on North Korea.
"We talked to people who did go there. They said it was f--king weird. [That] was kind of the overall vibe: it was weird as hell."
Rogen said he wouldn't long for going by the purported Hermit Kingdom, saying with a chuckle, "I would not go there now!"
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