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WHAT WENT WRONG

The Interview

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Flop, Film, Film History, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, History, Tv & Film, Movie, Directing, Hollywood

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

'The Interview' was supposed to be another easy studio comedy win for hitmakers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Instead, it cost Sony millions — and that was only the beginning. In this episode, Chris and Lizzie investigate how 'The Interview' went from parodying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to being labeled an act of war, triggering one of the most devastating corporate hacks in history. Which joke pushed things over the edge? What exactly was in those leaked emails? And why are some people still questioning who was really behind the hack?

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0:00.0

Hello, and action.

0:19.0

Hello, dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong,

0:23.7

your favorite podcast, Full Stop, that just so happens to be about movies,

0:27.4

and how it is nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one,

0:30.7

let alone a movie so stupid, of course it had to perfectly predict our current reality

0:36.7

in so many ways. As always, I am

0:40.3

Chris Winterbauer, joined by my co-host, Lizzie Bassett. Lizzie, how are you doing this morning?

0:47.5

And what have you brought for us today? I am nervous that we are going to be hacked by North Korea.

0:54.1

Just kidding.

0:54.7

No, I'm not.

0:55.2

We're not anywhere near important enough.

0:57.9

And also, were they the ones who did the hack?

1:00.4

We're going to find out in this episode about the interview, which is a movie.

1:08.8

Chris, what was your experience with this movie?

1:12.1

Had you seen it before?

1:13.2

And what did you think upon watching it for the podcast?

1:16.5

So I had not seen the interview before.

1:19.0

I remember the brouhaha or the broad strokes of it when it came out.

1:23.6

I'm excited for you to tell me more.

1:25.4

I have so many thoughts.

1:27.2

First of all, when you said

1:28.2

you wanted to cover this movie, I thought, why? This movie's not important. It seems it's dumb,

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