I didnt want to do this at the beginning, he said.

You get beat up, current [event movies] get you killed.

Protagonists often turn on you, especially in rock movies.

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Hes going through a painful, personal story, said Stone.

He was only 29 when he did this enormous thing.

And in our two years together, hes never wilted in the face of opposition.

Rather, Gordon-Levitt found Snowden to be humble and polite.

Hes like an old-fashioned gentleman, really warm and an optimist about the future of technology.

Ive been dying to ask him if hes cool with [what Ive done] with my voice.

He doesnt have any friends.

Hes not close to his sister, mother or father.

He lives in the computer world.

Its one of the main reasons he did this radical action.

Its easy to forget that people who make these decisions are still human with an emotional life.

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