Martin Scorsese has claimed Seth Rogen "ruined" his planned Cleopatra film.
The 84-year-old filmmaker had planned to make a movie starring Angelina Jolie as the Egyptian queen, but the project fell apart in the wake of the Sony hack, which came as a response to the studio's controversial 2014 movie The Interview, in which a presenter and producer were asked to assassinate Kim Jong Un after landing an interview with the North Korean dictator.
Speaking to his daughter Francesca Scorsese on Tribeca's Crafty, Scorsese said: “Remember we were gonna do Cleopatra at one point, and then they made fun of [Kim Jong Un], and he got mad and he blew up everybody at Columbia.
“Seth Rogen, right? And then he got mad, and [it] ruined Cleopatra.
“We were gonna do it. We were ready on the script. Angelina Jolie - We were going. She was gonna be Cleopatra VII. It was gonna be really wild.”
Francesca admitted she is still "so mad about" the fate of the film.
Her dad quipped: “Well, tell Seth, because they ruined everything. Just because Kim Jong Un doesn’t have a sense of humour.”
The hack infamously saw Sony emails made public in November 2014 by a group who didn't want the studio to release the comedy, which Seth co-wrote with Evan Goldberg and starred in alongside James Franco.
Among the emails exposed was one from producer Scott Rudin to Sony's Amy Pascal, in which he described Angelina as a "minimally-talented spoiled brat".
Meanwhile, Francesca, 26, recently revealed her filmmaker dad was "a little nervous" about her becoming an actress.
She added to People magazine: “I felt a little rebellious - I’m not going to lie.
“But yeah, he’s been my rock and my support system. And whatever makes me happy, that’s what he wants for me.”
Francesca - who has also starred in the HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are, along with movies including Roommates and Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point - still turns to her father for advice before taking on a new role.
She said: “Sometimes I’ll just come to him and I’ll be like, ‘Hey, by the way, I’m doing this. I hope it’s okay.’ He’s like my best friend. He knows everything about me, every little thing I’m doing. He’ll call me every day being like, ‘What are you doing? Are you doing your work?’ And I’m like, ‘Yes.’
“He’s the best and he knows all the ins and outs of my life, whether I like it or not. But no, I’m just kidding. I love it.”
