LOS ANGELES ¨C Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai personally approved scenes in ¡°The Interview,¡± the Seth Rogen film that angered North Korea and may have prompted a cyberattack on the company¡¯s Hollywood film studio, according to emails made public by the hackers.
In messages to Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal, Hirai gave input and ultimately the go-ahead to an edited scene depicting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and he asked the studio executive to make sure the filmmakers didn¡¯t allow Kim¡¯s exploding face to make it into versions released outside the United States.
¡°I¡¯ve given this a lot of thought and would like to go ahead with a variation of version 337,¡± Hirai wrote in a Sept. 29 email to Pascal. ¡°It would be much appreciated if you could push them a bit further as you mentioned in your email. Also, please ensure that this does not make it into the international version of the release.¡±
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