Aaron Sorkin has lashed out at Apple CEO Tim Cook's recent assertion that filmmakers were being "opportunistic" in making films about the late tech titan Steve Jobs.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter during a press junket round table for Universal's Danny Boyle-directed "Steve Jobs" in London, the writer claimed that he and those working at the top of the project had taken pay cuts to get it made.
"Nobody did this movie to get rich," he said. "Secondly, Tim Cook should really see the movie before he decides what it is."
But Sorkin's most stinging retort was reserved for last.
"Third, if you've got a factory full of children in China assembling phones for 17 cents an hour you've got a lot of nerve calling someone else opportunistic."
Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet and Seth Rogan, "Steve Jobs" has been largely well-received following its world premiere in Telluride. It is released in the U.S. Oct. 9.
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