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Sony Pictures hack: Michael Fassbender makes Aaron Sorkin feel bad about ‘normal-sized’ genitalia

MICHAEL Fassbender “makes you feel bad about having normal-sized genitalia”, writes Aaron Sorkin in the latest embarrassing Sony email leak.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 12: Michael Fassbender arrives for Fox And FX's 2014 Golden Globe Awards Party - Arrivals on Jan...

SCREENWRITER Aaron Sorkin said Michael Fassbender makes him feel bad about his manhood, in the latest embarrassing emails leaks from the Sony Pictures hack.

In a series of heated emails and behind-the-scenes drama around the failed Steve Jobs biopic Jobs, Sorkin rails against the 12 Years A Slave actor.

Sorkin, who won an Oscar for writing The Social Network and also is showrunner for TV drama The Newsroom, said Fassbender “makes you feel bad to have normal sized male genitalia”.

The Irish star famously bared all playing a sex addict in controversial film Shame.

Not happy...Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said he had no idea who Fassbender was. Picture: Splash News
Not happy...Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said he had no idea who Fassbender was. Picture: Splash News

Sorkin had his heart set on Tom Cruise to play Jobs, dismissing Oscar nominee Fassbender as a nobody.

“This used to be an event. I don’t know who Michael Fassbender is and the rest of the world isn’t going to care. This is insane,” Sorkin fumed in emails to super-producer Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal.

Hard to resist ... Michael Fassbender in a scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past. Picture: Fox films
Hard to resist ... Michael Fassbender in a scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past. Picture: Fox films

However, he was later swayed by Fassbender’s talent, writing: “F*** it. He’s a great actor whose time has come … if the movie’s good he’ll be on the cover of everything and get nominated for everything.”

Soon after, the Jobs movie collapsed at Sony amid all the drama, and moved to rival Universal.

The cringe-worthy leaks come a day after vicious emails between Rudin and Pascal called Angelina Jolie a “minimally talented spoiled brat”.

JOLIE: ‘SHUT DOWN THAT SPOILED BRAT’

Sorkin and Rudin’s emails also reveal the list of Hollywood leading men who they wanted to play Jobs, including first choice Leonardo DiCaprio, who turned the role down, and Jobs look-alike Christian Bale.

Harsh words ... Humanitarian Angelina Jolie was dismissed as a “spoiled brat” in leaked Hollywood emails. Picture: Getty
Harsh words ... Humanitarian Angelina Jolie was dismissed as a “spoiled brat” in leaked Hollywood emails. Picture: Getty

Sony was the target of a cyberattack on Nov. 24, which shut down the company’s computers and released a trove of confidential documents online — including employee pay and personal details, financial details and the salaries of movie stars.

The hack is widely believed to have been orchestrated by the North Korean regime, which is furious over the Seth Rogan and James Franco comedy The Interview.

Target ... James Franco and Seth Rogen in
Target ... James Franco and Seth Rogen in "The Interview." Picture: AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, Sony,

Security for the film’s premiere overnight has been beefed up, Sony said. The film is about a dimwitted journalist recruited by the CIA to assassinate dictator Kim Jong- un.

However, other security experts have said the leaks may be inside job from a disgruntled former employee.

Originally published as Sony Pictures hack: Michael Fassbender makes Aaron Sorkin feel bad about ‘normal-sized’ genitalia

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