Before the Whistleblower Was

Check it: It’s our first look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone’s upcoming Snowden.

Intense, huh.

Looks like Stone’s film will concern itself a bit with the NSA leaker’s pre-intelligence time in the U.S. Army.

Snowden – which co-stars Shailene Woodley, Nicolas Cage, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Tom Wilkinson, and Zachary Quinto – is due out this Christmas.

Photo: E! Online.