Seth Rogen Had Studio-Provided Personal Security — Until He Didn't — Due to 'The Interview'
Apparently The Interview — the Seth Rogen-James Franco North Korea comedy that caused a political firestorm and led to the Sony hack — was considered so legitimately dangerous that the studio hired security guards to protect Rogen and other key members of the creative team. Well, at least for a little while.
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“The studio provided the filmmakers with security, in case someone from North Korea was going to kill us, I guess,” Rogen said during a recent episode of the U.K.’s The Graham Norton Show. “And then literally one day, they were just gone. I called everyone else. I was like, ‘Is your guy still there?’ They were like, ‘No, my guy’s gone.’”
Rogen’s security guard didn’t disappear because Kim Jong-un had him taken out; the star of Neighbors 2 said that Sony “just didn’t want to pay for him anymore.”
“I was like, ‘I guess I’m safe now,’” he joked.
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Rogen didn’t explain whether the security guards were put in place pre- or post-Sony hack (post-, probably) nor how long they protected and served Rogen and his colleagues. But during his time sitting next to fellow guest Paul Rudd and chatting with Norton, he did tell a fascinating story about working with a live tiger while filming The Interview. Because apparently everything associated with that movie required people to put their lives in jeopardy.
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