Rove backs ‘liberal’ Clooney in Sony hack

George Clooney has an unlikely ally: Karl Rove.

The “Ides of March“ actor weighed in on Wednesday’s cancellation by Sony Pictures Entertainment of the Seth Rogen flick “The Interview” following a massive cyberattack and terrorism threats. 

{mosads}Americans, Clooney said in an interview with Deadline.com, “cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong-un, of all f*****g people.”

In the movie that was to be released next week, two journalists, played by Rogen and James Franco, plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Many suspect North Korea is behind the cyberattack, but the so-called Hermit Kingdom has denied any involvement.

Clooney said that pulling the movie sets a troubling precedent. “You should be able to make any movie you want. … To say we’re going to make you pull it. We’re going to censor you. That’s a whole other game. That is playing in some serious waters and it’s a very dangerous pool,” he said.

Veteran GOP operative Rove, who was senior adviser to former President George W. Bush, wrote of Clooney, a Democratic donor, on Twitter on Friday:

Tags George Clooney James Franco Karl Rove Kim Jong-un Seth Rogen Sony hack The Interview

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