Acting in fear ... George Clooney says movie executives aren’t standing up for “The Interview” because they are scared of being hacked themselves. Picture: Getty Source: Supplied

Speaking to Deadline, Clooney said he drafted a petition to gain support for the film, but was unable to get any signatures because industry executives were scared to place themselves in the cross hairs of suspected North Korean hackers.

“They know what they themselves have written in their emails, and they’re afraid,” he said, referring to recent Sony cyber attacks.

NORTH KOREA ‘ORDERED SONY HACKS’

Clooney also shared that he had been in communication with Sony executive Amy Pascal, whose leaked emails made headlines earlier this month.

Censored ... James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen in a scene from pulled North Korea comedy "The Interview." Picture: AP Source: AP

“She wants to put that movie out,” he said. “What do I do? My partner Grant Heslov and I had the conversation with her this morning. [Clooney’s agent] Bryan [Lourd] and I had the conversation with her last night. Stick it online. Do whatever you can to get this movie out. Not because everybody has to see the movie, but because I’m not going to be told we can’t see the movie. That’s the most important part. We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong-un, of all f — king people.”

“Here, we’re talking about an actual country deciding what content we’re going to have,” Clooney said. “This affects not just movies, this affects every part of the business that we have. That’s the truth. What happens if a newsroom decides to go with a story, and a country or an individual or corporation decides they don’t like it. Forget the hacking part of it.”

This story originally appeared on NYPost.com.