Since Sony’s plans to cancel the release of The Interview, Hollywood celebrities have been very vocal about the decision on social media.
TheCelebrityCafe.com reported that Sony Pictures canceled the film’s release after threats from hackers caused a scandal with the release of documents from the film company. The hackers, called the Guardians of Peace, eventually gave threats to theaters that would show the film, making many of them back off before Sony’s cancellation. U.S officials later claimed that North Korea was involved in the hack.
Celebrities wrote about their outrage on Twitter. “Really hard to believe this is a response to a threat to freedom of expression here in America,” wrote Ben Stiller.
“Sad day for creative expression,” posted Steve Carell.
Rob Lowe wrote two posts regarding the cancellation. One of them explained his outrage over the hackers’ victory, while the other regarded a meeting with Seth Rogen at an airport.
Patton Oswald tweeted two jokes about the cancellation of The Interview before writing a more serious post. “All joking aside, we just gave a comfy foothold to censorship & it doesn’t get any better from this point on,” he wrote.
Really hard to believe this is the response to a threat to freedom of expression here in America.
#TheInterview
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) December 18, 2014
Sad day for creative expression. #feareatsthesoul
— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) December 17, 2014
Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Wow.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
Saw @Sethrogen at JFK. Both of us have never seen or heard of anything like this. Hollywood has done Neville Chamberlain proud today.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
@.girl_iowagirl20 @colemanranahan I agree but when we cave to threats it trains people to threaten us and it will hit other industries.
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2014
THE INTERVIEW is now poised to shatter the world record for "spite viewings."
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 17, 2014
All joking aside, we just gave a comfy foothold to censorship & it doesn't get any better from this point on. #TheInterview
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 18, 2014
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