Emails leaked in the Sony breach has revealed that Aaron Sorkin originally wanted Tom Cruise to play the lead role, but it was the decision to go with Michael Fassbender that caused Sony to drop the movie altogether.
According to Ars Technica, Sorkin sent a series of emails on October 31st, just days before Christian Bale was officially out as Jobs naming Cruise as the ideal choice, saying that he could put on a "dazzling performance", the Verge reported.
Director Danny Boyle decided to go with Michael Fassbender, however, and the studio couldn't drum up enough financing to support the decision, allowing for the movie to move to Universal.
The leaked details come as Sony Pictures is currently dealing with a massive hack on it servers, where hackers breached corporate computers in the week before Thanksgiving, and more break-ins have been made to prevent the studio from releasing The Interview.
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