According to News Diverse, Cage will be joining the film as "an ex-Intelligence Official of the U.S. government." It seems likely the role will involve at least one perilous situation in which Cage will yell in a dire manner, and that instantly raises this project from "interesting" to "must-see." People seem to be pleased with the casting announcement:
Cage joins Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the titular role; Shailene Woodley, playing Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills; Tom Wilkinson as Guardian correspondent Ewen MacAskill; and Zachary Quinto and Timothy Olyphant, who will appear as currently unspecified players in the Snowden saga.
Although Cage's last team-up with Stone was a tad wonky, the potential is certainly there for Snowden to become a classic installment in the pantheon of the Nic Cage adventures.
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