Judd Apatow on 'The Interview' Controversy: It's 'Ridiculous'

Judd Apatow is incensed about The Interview — not the movie itself, but the decision made by several major theater chains to drop the film from its Dec. 25 release. Apatow, who gave Interview stars Seth Rogen and James Franco their big breaks with the 1999 sitcom Freaks and Geeks, took to Twitter today to criticize the move:

"I think it is disgraceful that these theaters are not showing The Interview,” Apatow tweeted in a series of messages. “Will they pull any movie that gets an anonymous threat now? What if an anonymous person got mad at something an executive at Coke said. Will we all have to stop drinking Coke?”

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He added: “We also don’t know that it isn’t a disgruntled employee or a hacker. Do we think North Korea has troops on the grounds in the US? Ridiculous … this only guarantees that this movie will be seen by more people on Earth than it would have before. Legally or illegally all will see it.”

Talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel concurred, tweeting: “I agree wholeheartedly. An un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent.”

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