James Franco and Seth Rogen Chat with Opie and Jim Norton Before 'The Interview' Cancellation

In the days before "The Interview" release and premiere was shut down, Rogen and Franco visited the Opie and Jim Norton Show to talk about the Sony Hack and international controversies stirring up around their new flick.

As rumors and hype surrounding the new movie's relationship with the Sony Hack sped up in the news, Rogen and Franco spent most of their air time defending their ideas and explaining their intentions for the film.

"It's weird because the movie itself is so silly," Rogen said.

"We just made it to try to be funny." Rogen reiterates that it wasn't their intention to create a controversial film, and did not seek to anger North Korea. "We didn't realize it would necessarily cause this type of thing."

"When we did 'This Is The End', Seth and Evan had his idea that we play versions of ourselves," Franco said. He went on to comment on the level of immediacy that experience produced for the audience, and were happy to see a positive fan reaction.

"I think this movie was sort of doing the same thing. Anybody who's seen it will see, 'Oh, this isn't anything different than what they've been doing all along.'"

"It's annoying me that people are responding to these hacks and stuff," Jim Norton pointed out. "People should not be printing these e-mails."

Rogen agreed, and brought up the point of how the press is reacting exactly as the hackers would want them to.

"If the criminals could do that themselves, they would," he said. "So instead The Wall Street Journal does it for them."

"It's a f***ing bummer, people are bummed out," Rogen said.

His office is on the Sony Pictures Studio lot, so he sees and interacts with Sony personal on a daily basis. "People feel victimized, you can tell." Rogen has since changed his e-mail password as a security precaution.

"How would you like to see the public handle this?" Jim asked.

"It seems like this is all really new," Franco said, and therefore, the public and press doesn't necessarily know how to handle it yet.

Rogen told a story about how he engaged in a casual argument with a family member who believed the e-mail hack was newsworthy, and the press had every right to report on and publish the content.

"That's f***ing crazy," Rogen said. "You're re-selling stolen sh**, and that's it, you're a pawn shop." Rogen went on to explain the e-mails were not news.

It's news that the e-mails were stolen and publicized, but the information they dealt it was not imperative public knowledge. "People are interested in it. Doesn't make it f***ing news."

Before the interview ended, Opie and Jim mentioned the film's comedy merit, and that it will be in theaters December 25, Christmas Day. "The Interview" has since been pulled from that release date, and shelved until further notice.