Dave Skylark

Dave Skylark is the main protagonist in the movie The Interview. He is played by James Franco.

Dave and his best friend Aaron are TV stars who interview celebrities. They are summoned to North Korea to interview Kim Jong-un, and are tasked with assassinating him by the CIA while they're there. Unfortunately, Kim manipulates Dave into befriending him, driving a wedge between the two of them. After discovering that Kim's seemingly friendly personality is an act, he humiliates him on international TV during his interview. Dave and Aaron then escape in a tank and kill Kim as he pursues them in a helicopter.