The Interview is a 2014 American comedy spy parody film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and written by Dan Sterling from a story by Rogen, Goldberg and Sterling. Starring Rogen and Franco, as journalists instructed to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (played by Randall Park) after booking an interview with him.
Originally released in November 2014 by Columbia Pictures, but the film was cancellations of the nationwide release, following the Sony Pictures Hack incident against North Korea, so instead the film would be limited release and on digital rent for December 24, 2014, with the wide expansion starting January 2. The first time that Sony Pictures films to received a limited-wide expansion hybrid after the incident of The Interview. Critics reception being mixed, who praising performance of Rogen and Franco but criticism aimed for its depiction of Kim Jong Un. The film was a box office disappointment, grossing 12.3 million dollars worldwide and domestic ticket sales on a 44 million dollars budget but successfully rental bills ever made, viewing grossing so far over 40 million dollars.
Plot[]
Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight." When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.[1]
Cast[]
Main[]
- James Franco as Dave Skylark
- Seth Rogen as Aaron Rapoport
- Lizzy Caplan as Agent Lacey
- Paul Rudd as Scott Benson
- Randall Park as Kim Jong-un
- Diana Bang as Sook
- Timothy Simons as Malcolm
- Anders Holm as Jake
- Charles Rahi Chun as General Jong
Cameos[]
- Eminem as himself
- Rob Lowe as himself
- Bill Maher as himself
- Seth Meyers as himself
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as himself
- Ben Schwartz as Darryl, Eminem's publicist
- Brian Williams as himself
- Scott Pelley as himself
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