20 Films That Infuriated The Real People They Were Based On

5. The Fifth Estate

In January 2013, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange published a letter he had written to actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who was set to star as Assange in The Fifth Estate that year. He wrote, “I believe you are a good person, but I do not believe this film is a good film. I do not believe it is going to be positive for me or the people I care about.”