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In 2014, film director Oliver Stone bought the rights to Time of the Octopus, a forthcoming novel based on Snowden's life and written by his Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena. Stone said he would use both Kucherena's book and Luke Harding's nonfiction The Snowden Files for the screenplay of his movie, which began production later in 2014.[1] Stone's biopic Snowden, which was released in September 2016, had Snowden portrayed by American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Shortly before release, Stone said that Snowden should be pardoned, calling him a "patriot above all" and suggesting that he should run the NSA himself.[2]
The paragraph above is from the article titled Edward Snowden. This is a good article and contains accurate information. The section of the article that I would like to edit is on the portrayal of Snowden in popular culture. The star of the Movie mentioned above is Joseph Gordon-Levitt and he has been on record about his opinion on the man whose role he plays. I would like to add this to the article because it is interesting to see what the actor thought of the character he was playing since he is known for something very controversial when it came to information security.
At an interview, Levitt also expressed his support for Snowden saying that what he did was "necessary".[3]
- ^ Walker, Shaun. "Oliver Stone to make movie based on fictionalised life of Edward Snowden". The Guardian. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ Mesley, Wendy (September 11, 2016). Oliver Stone on Edward Snowden and privacy rights. The National. CBC News.
- ^ Melas,CNN, Chloe. "Joseph Gordon-Levitt on pardoning Edward Snowden". CNN. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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