Edward Snowden didn't leak this picture. <\/p>\n
On Monday, Open Road Films released a promotional photo of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in director Oliver Stone's highly anticipated biopic, Snowden, via its social media accounts. <\/p>\n
The first look at the pair together shows Gordon-Levitt, who plays Edward Snowden, and Woodley, who plays the whistleblower's girlfriend, Lindsay Mills, walking near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Stone's thriller tells the story of Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked sensitive documents that revealed U.S. government surveillance information. <\/p>\n
Last month, the studio released the first promotional still of Gordon-Levitt dressed in army gear. <\/p>\n
\"This is gonna be Oliver's twentieth film,\" Gordon-Levitt tweeted at the time. \"And I feel so sincerely privileged that he asked me to play this part.\" <\/p>\n
Stone is a three-time Academy Award winner as well as a military veteran. He is best known for directing Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon and Midnight Express. <\/p>\n
NEWS: Shailene Woodley is not a \"total pothead\" <\/p>\n
Last month, while promoting Insurgent, Woodley called Snowden \"a hero.\" <\/p>\n
\"I define a hero as somebody, who against the judgment of other people, if they believe something will positively impact the world and they choose to do it and honor their integrity, that's what I sort of consider a hero, no matter how big or mall a feat they create,\" the actress told E! News. \"And in that light, absolutely I think that Edward Snowden is a hero.\" <\/p>\n
Woodley hasn't been able to meet Snowden, but she'd like the chance. <\/p>\n
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