Seth Rogen and James Franco are speaking out about the Sony hacking scandal and pointing the finger at media outlets reporting on the stolen information.
“The Interview” is about a celebrity tabloid TV show host and his producer who attempt to assassinate Kim Jong-un. The stars told Howard Stern they are unsure who is behind the hacking.
“No one has definitely told us that North Korea is who did that… one day I’m like, ‘It’s f***ing for sure them,’ the next day, I’m like, ‘There’s no way it’s them.’ It seems, I dunno, too savvy or something like that… It could just be a hacker group,” Seth said on “The Howard Stern Show” on Monday.
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Beyond who infiltrated Sony, Seth is most concerned that the information, including his and James’ salaries for the movie, is being reported in the news.
“The fact that I’m talking about this is f***ing weird. It’s stolen information. I think it is f***ed up that anyone’s talking about it and I’m OK talking about my s*** because I don’t care that much and the stuff that was stolen from me,” he continued. “On the grand scale it is not that bad, but it is f***ing stolen!”
James questioned why information is so easily being spread online and in the media without any ramifications.
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“Why can they pull the movies? They stole movies. Sony was legally able to pull those down, but they can’t legally say [don’t dispense this information],” the actor questioned.
Seth compared media outlets reporting the news to someone selling stolen goods.
“They’re like a pawn shop, like a fence… you can’t steal a bunch of diamonds if you don’t have the fence to give you the money for the diamonds,” he said. “All of this information would be sitting on some obscure corner of the internet if it wasn’t for these news articles.”
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Adding, “It is stolen information that media outlets are directly profiting from… they are literally re-selling stolen s***. It’s not like they are not profiting from it! It’s click-bate, it’s salacious material… I think it is f***ed up. I can’t believe that!”
Seth also questioned how someone’s emails were of any concern to the public.
“It doesn’t affect you at all. They’re not doing anything illegal. They’re not trying to fool you as the consumer. They’re having private correspondence with one another,” he told Howard.
“The Interview” will hit theaters on December 25.
— Jesse Spero
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