Comment on Snowden gives support to Oliver Stone film after screening

Snowden gives support to Oliver Stone film after screening

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Edward Snowden says that Oliver Stone’s dramatization of his story is a “pretty accurate portrayal.” Snowden appeared live from Moscow via Google Hangouts Thursday night at Comic-Con following the first public screening of Stone’s film, “Snowden,” to answer audience questions and interact with the cast, including star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Speaking to a small audience comprised mostly of journalists, Snowden said there wasn’t a lot of fictionalization in the film, which chronicles his life from 2004 to 2013, when he leaked classified security documents to the press. “I don’t think anybody looks forward to having a movie made about themselves, particularly someone who is a privacy advocate,” Snowden laughed, but said that there was a “kind of magic” to the film and its potential ability to reach a large audience through narrative storytelling. “I’m not an actor.

 

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