Snowden

The picture tells about the former agent of the CIA Edward Snowden, who handed over to the press on June 3, 2013 a lot of secret documents. These papers proved that the National Security Agency of the United States was monitoring the citizens of its state, as well as other countries. Almost immediately after the disclosure of this secret, Snowden fled to Hong Kong, and then to Russia, where he received temporary political asylum on August 1, 2013. He continues to live there to this day. Read more The main role of Edward Snowden was played by the famous actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known for such works as "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises", "500 Days of Summer". The star of "Divergent" and "The Fault in Our Stars" Shailene Woodley, Clint Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood, Nicolas Cage and others also starred in the film. Margot Robbie was considered for the role of Lindsay Mills (played by Woodley), but was unable to participate due to her busy schedule. Oliver Stone, after the film was shot, paid a visit to Snowden and showed him clips from the filming. Nicolas Cage previously collaborated with Oliver Stone in the film "Twin Towers". In the film "Snowden", the famous actor agreed to a small role as a favor to the director. Filming of the picture began in February 2015. The film first premiered on July 21, 2016 at Comic-Con in San Diego.