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Like I've known Francis [For Coppola] for so long I think, Oh, Francis. And then you see his name on something with The Godfather, and you go, Oh, yeah. He's also that. The person you knew of before you met the actual person.

Alden Ehrenreich

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Alden Ehrenreich
Age: 34
Born: 1989
Born: November 22
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