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Bichir stars inLandoppositeRobin Wright, who also directs, for a two-hander that often progresses in silence.
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“I just love that.
I know some actors who count their lines to say ‘yes’ to a project.
[Laughs] Robin and I cut some lines.
We were getting rid of things we didn’t need to say.
They were right there.”
Kaluuya felt the particular weight of playing a real person like Hampton, especially once filming began.
“Having that every day was a reminder of what we were doing.
“I suppose I slightly took for granted how much this was an imagined history.
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