Forget the politics: Sony Pictures was pretty much begging for someone to kill its 'desperately unfunny' comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Un. Leaked emails reveal Sony executives were concerned about the action-comedy featuring Seth Rogen and James Franco — even before hackers believed to be 'state sponsored' by North Korea threatened the company and forced it to shut the movie down. 'The unanimous point of view here is that this (is) another misfire from the pairing,' said an e-mail purportedly written by Peter Taylor, of Sony Pictures UK. Scroll down for video In leaked emails, Sony executives grumbled that 'The Interview' was a 'weak' movie easily considered 'another misifre' from comedy duo James Franco and Seth Rogen
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Sony executives around the world were disappointed about the action-comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader
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In leaked emails, the executives expressed  concerned over a 'repetitive' movie with humor that 'doesn't really translate' to an international audience
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Peter Taylor, of Sony Pictures UK, said: James Franco's character 'could have been appealing and funny out of his hands'
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Only executives in Australia seemed to have enjoyed 'The Interview'
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