British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the founder of WikiLeaks in a new film, said he hopes Julian Assange can carry on his work exposing secrets.
Assange has been holed up at the Ecuadoran embassy in London after claiming asylum from that country a year ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault against two women.
“It’s very complicated, and it’s to do with dealings and goings-on behind closed doors and I don’t have access to any kind of information or perspective that would shine a light on some certain truth about that,” Cumberbatch said at a press conference. “What I’d like to see is the man able to be able to carry on his work as founder of WikiLeaks. Beyond that, due process has to take place in whatever shape or forms that happens.” Cumberbatch plays the controversial hacker in director Bill Condon’s “The Fifth Estate,” which opened the Toronto film festival on Thursday.