Martin Scorsese On How Seth Rogen "Ruined" His 'Cleopatra' Film
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Key Points:
- Over a decade after the Sony hack linked to North Korea, Martin Scorsese revealed the cyberattack derailed his planned Cleopatra film starring Angelina Jolie.
- The hack was a retaliation to Seth Rogen’s 2014 film The Interview, which mocked Kim Jong Un, leading to widespread disruption at Sony Pictures.
- Scorsese expressed frustration that the hack "ruined everything" for Cleopatra, a project that was ready to move forward with a completed script and Jolie attached.
- Despite the fallout, Scorsese and Rogen have maintained a professional relationship, with Scorsese even appearing as himself in Rogen’s Apple TV series The Studio.
- The Studio’s plot includes a meta reference to Scorsese’s canceled Cleopatra project, suggesting life imitating art in the aftermath of the hack.
