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The prototype of the character "Ziggy" in the film was Sigurdur Thordarson, an employee who volunteered to work for WikiLeaks, but he was an FBI informant when he was later discovered.
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Wiki founder Julian Paul Assange himself sent an email to actor Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, begging him not to participate in the film.
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James McAvoy was originally scheduled to play Daniel Berg, but later withdrew due to a conflict with the stage show schedule.
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On September 18, 2013, a month before the film’s release, WikiLeaks released the complete and final version of the film's script, claiming that the film was irresponsible, contrary and harmful to WikiLeaks .
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch plays Julian Paul Assange. In order to achieve a similar effect, he wears a wig, colored contact lenses and dentures in the film .
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Extended Reading
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Julian Assange: Man is least himself when he talks with his own person. But if you give him a mask, he will tell you the truth. Two people, and a secret: the beginning of all conspiracies. More people, and, more secrets. But if we could find one moral man, one whistle-blower. Someone willing to expose those secrets, that man can topple the most powerful and most repressive of regimes.
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Sarah Shaw: Do you think the President of Turkmenistan will be more upset that I called him a practised liar or that I called him vain?
James Boswell: I don't think he's worried about the opinions of a mid-level foreign attaché.
Sarah Shaw: That's why I signed Hillary's name to it.