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Warren [Beatty] did a very cool thing, where he directs in character.

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Alden Ehrenreich
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: November 22
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Alden Caleb Ehrenreich
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[Warren Beatty] will sometimes spend hours on a very small detail to make sure he gets it right. After the kind of work that he's made, he certainly doesn't have to be doing that.
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