In the movie Snowden, director Oliver Stone portrays Edward Snowden as a conflicted man who is caught between security and privacy. The Dark Knight Rises’ Joseph Gordon-Levitt portrays the title character, with The Divergent Series’ lead Shailene Woodley as Snowden’s significant other, Lindsay Mills. The film opens with a spy movie type situation with a journalist and documentary filmmaker waiting in a mall for the protagonist. His backstory or path to his ultimate decision is told in first person.