The laser sight on the .45 Longslide was specially built by Laser Products Corporation (now Sure-Fire). This was in the early days of laser-aimed weapons and what was seen was actually not a complete assembly. Only the laser was mounted but the required battery pack was hidden from view. In those days the battery packs were very large, about the size of a TV remote control. A wire was hidden underneath Arnold Schwarzenegger's sleeve.
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On 7 October 2013, The Guardian ran a piece by journalist Ian Katz about the experience of being played in this movie by Dan Stevens. He pointed out that colleagues of his who were much more involved with the WikiLeaks revelations did not feature in the film, but dryly wrote that it was flattering to be played by an "Aryan pin-up".
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Joel Kinnaman auditioned for the role of Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
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The film's title sequence, which depicts the history of news communication, took over a year to create.
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On September 18 2013, Wikileaks released a mature version of the complete script to the public, because "the film is, from WikiLeaks' perspective, irresponsible, counterproductive and harmful." They also published a "Talking Points" memo "because it represents a frank internal appraisal of [the film] and what is wrong with it."
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The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Peter Capaldi and Alicia Vikander; and three Oscar nominees: Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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According to a Dec. 2016 article in 'Der Spiegel' magazine, the director Bill Condon visited their publishing house and took notes for the production design. The location was recreated in a studio in Brussels, but they made the rooms much bigger than the original ones are. Details like the old 'Spiegel' covers hanging on the wall (showing Albert Einstein etc.) are authentic, but the real ones are much smaller than the giant reproductions in the movie.
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A drama biopic movie about an earlier part of Julian Assange's life is Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012); covering the breach of MILNET, the events of the early 1990s, twenty years earlier.
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James McAvoy was cast as Daniel Domscheit-Berg but he dropped out due to scheduling conflicts his stage play, Macbeth. Daniel Brühl replaced him.
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The character "Ziggy" is based on the WikiLeaks volunteer Sigurdur Thordarson that later turned out to be an FBI informant.
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Julian Assange emailed Benedict Cumberbatch to ask him to not to participate in the film.
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Actors who starred in three iconic British TV shows of the early 2010s appear in this movie, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock (2010)), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who (2005)) and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey (2010)), as well as an actress from an equally iconic HBO series, Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones (2011)).
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Five actors in this film play characters associated with Marvel productions. Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Daniel Brühl (Baron Zemo), Stanley Tucci (Dr. Abraham Erskine), Anthony Mackie (Falcon) and Dan Stevens (Legion).
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On July 2012 it was reported that Jeremy Renner was very keen on playing Julian Assange. However, it was announced on October the same year that Benedict Cumberbatch has landed the lead.
The Fifth Estate - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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