It has been known for sometime now that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been set to play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s new biographical film, “Snowden”. It’s also not uncommon for actors to meet the individuals they are set to play in a film. In this case, it was assumed Gordon-Levitt would not have access to the controversial American. On the contrary, in an interview with The Guardian, the 34-year-old actor spilled the beans about meeting with Snowden before the filming began.
Both men met in an undisclosed location for a total of four hours. The “Don Jon” star told the Guardian that he entered into the meeting “wanting to understand this person that I was going to play, observing both his strengths and his weaknesses,”; in order to portray the character accurately.
“I left knowing without a doubt that what [Snowden] did, he did because he believed it was the right thing to do, that he believed it would help the country he loves,” Gordon-Levitt told the Guardian.
“Now, as he would say, it’s not for him to say whether it was right or wrong. That’s really for people to decide on their own, and I would encourage anybody to decide that on their own. I don’t want to be the actor guy who’s like, “You should listen to me! What he did was right!’ I don’t think that’s my place. Even though that is what I believe – that what he did was right.”
It seems as though Gordon-Levitt will exceed all expectation in his portrayal of Snowden based on how their meeting went. “What I found was someone warm, kind, [and] thoughtful.”;
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