Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks meeting Edward Snowden for actor researchSeptember 19, 2015 - 11:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Joseph Gordon-Levitt was among a few people who got to know Edward Snowden in person. The actor portrays the NSA whistleblower in Oliver Stone's "Snowden" and was lucky to meet him in a Russian secret hideout as part of the research, AceShowbiz repots. "[I was] wanting to understand this person that I was going to play, observing both his strengths and his weaknesses," the actor told The Guardian. "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 described Snowden as "warm, kind and thoughtful" and was "in good spirits" during their four-hour meeting. He added, "Certainly there was that note, that he very much would like to come home. He doesn't want to live in Russia at all." The actor was actually prohibited by Snowden's lawyers to talk about the meeting, let alone record the conversation. Giving a little insight on what they talked about, Gordon-Levitt said, "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." "Snowden" is yet to get a new release date in 2016 after bumped out of its Christmas 2015 release. Gordon-Levitt therefore lost the chance to enter the Oscar race held early next year. Photo: AndPop Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. |