The Interview - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[kristina]

James Franco says "mangiare, mangiare, mangiare", which means "eat" in Italian. This is a reference to the movie Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975).

[liam]

Seth Rogen and James Franco shot a parody of Kanye West's "Bound 2" music video on-set during filming.

[kristina]

On December 10th, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced that the film would not be released in Japan, as live-action comedies do not often perform well in the market. In the Asia-Pacific region, the film would be released only in Australia and New Zealand.

[frederick]

Jong-Nam Kim, Jong-Un Kim's older half-brother, was assassinated in February 2017. Preliminary autopsy shows death due to a chemical weapon, one that is passed through the skin, as the one used in this movie. VX is an odorless substance that can exist as liquid or gas. It was believed it was administered by two women touching his face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. He died before arriving at the hospital.

[janice]

The opening logo for this film is not the usual, present Columbia Pictures logo, instead it's the 1960s Columbia that was used.

[michele]

In this movie, these twenty-two real-life stars, celebrities and historical figures are mentioned: Eminem, Rob Lowe, Bill Maher, Spike Lee, Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, Matthew McConaughey, Katy Perry, Ron Howard, Jong-Un Kim, Jong-Il Kim, John Kerry, Richard Nixon, David Frost, Nicki Minaj, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Stalin, former President Barack Obama, Sylvester Stallone, Miley Cyrus, Michael Jordan, Emma Stone and Ellen DeGeneres.

[sara]

Dan Sterling was hired to write the final screenplay, as opposed to having Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg writing it themselves. Sterling brought a lot of research to the film, and also created a parallel between the characters of Skylark and Kim Jong-un.

[lena]

Jong-Un Kim speaks English conversationally, as portrayed in the film, having attended English-language schools in Switzerland for several years while a teenager.

[phyllis]

The finale of the movie is completely foreshadowed by Dave Skylark (James Franco) early in the film, when he's discussing his vision of how the assassination would go. He predicted that he would take a bullet in his bullet proof vest, they would escape into a secret tunnel, and eventually be brought home by S.E.A.L. Team Six on a zodiac, wrapped up in blankets. Franco's character in This Is the End (2013) did the same thing, where he gave away the ending earlier in the movie.

[wesley]

A group of political activists in South Korea reportedly planned to purchase 100,000 copies of the film with Korean subtitles and drop DVDs and USB sticks containing it over North Korea using balloons. There are tight restrictions on foreign movies in North Korea, but a black market exists, and many citizens have private access to DVD players and other devices.

[bryan]

In late 2014, Sony Pictures was the victim of a major hack of their computer systems, in which confidential corporate information, and several unreleased complete movies were posted for public consumption. Among reams of other information, the budget for this movie was released, revealing (among other things) the film's total cost ($44 million) and the salaries of its stars (including $8.4 million for co-writer, co-director, and co-star Seth Rogen; $6.5 million for co-star James Franco; and $500,000 for Kevin Federline, who made a cameo appearance). There were also line items in the budget for $74,000 for two tigers, their handlers, and special "tiger accommodations", as well as $250 for a "table of weed, coke, pills, and panties" (although only $241 of that was spent). The FBI announced it had credible evidence the hack was orchestrated by North Korea in retaliation for the film's storyline, which involves a plot to kill the real North Korean leader, a claim that was quickly denied by the North Korean government.

[chris]

During the scene where Aaron and Dave are leaving North Korea, the song "Winds of Change" by Scorpions is playing. This song was recorded in 1990, and was influenced by the anti-Communist revolution, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

[jessica]

On June 25, 2014, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency condemned the film (without naming it), promising a "merciless" retaliation if the film is released. "Making and releasing a film on a plot to hurt our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated", KCNA said, citing a government spokesman.

[amber]

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg came up with the idea for the movie before the friendship between Dennis Rodman and Jong-Un Kim developed.

[riley]

According to documents, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were reportedly paid $10,000 each to cameo, but do not appear in the final cut.

[darrell]

With all the support from politicans and celebrities such as George Clooney, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, and even President Barack Obama, Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to release the film on the original release date of December 25, 2014 in select theaters and Video-On-Demand.

[sara]

Initially, Dan Sterling wrote the script based on a fake dictator from a fake country, but Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Sony executives asked him to re-write the script, focusing on Jong-Un Kim.

[bessie]

Eminem wrote his own lyrics for the rap in his interview.

[claude]

The name of the childhood puppy that Dave told Jong-Un Kim and his officers about, named Digby, was a reference to Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973), the story of a giant sheepdog.