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The Interview got its shot by blowing the head off of No. 1 U.S. evil enemy Kim Jong-un, but it wasnāt Rogenās creativity that came up with that plot twist. It came from the CIA. Though The Los Angeles Times reported that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg claimed it was their idea to have Kim Jong-un as the target, an email from Sonyās senior vice president Marisa Liston, published in the Daily Beast, indicated that it came from Sony through the intelligence agency