It’s not usually Hollywood hawkishly shaking its talons at foreign adversaries and talking tough about American values, but hey, there’s a time for everything.
Multiple entertainment stars spoke sharply against Sony Entertainment’s decision to cancel “The Interview’s” premiere across the country Wednesday, with Bill Maher, Rob Lowe and even Jimmy Kimmel having some of the harshest words.
#TheInterview Is that all it takes – an anonymous threat and the numbers 911 – to throw free expression under the bus? #PussyNation
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 17, 2014
Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Wow.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
. @JuddApatow I agree wholeheartedly. An un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 17, 2014
Ever the man of outreach, Newt Gingrich also hopped into the A-list conversation.
.@RobLowe it wasn’t the hackers who won, it was the terrorists and almost certainly the North Korean dictatorship, this was an act of war
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
Lowe added a historical slap to the face that had British media talking: “Hollywood has done Neville Chamberlain proud today.”
At a Washington, D.C. screening of the movie last month, Seth Rogen told The Hill he had no regrets about the film.
“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.”
