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I had four years of auditions, and nothing happened, until Francis Ford Coppola took a shot on me ['Tetro' in 2009]. I hadn't done a film, and suddenly I was the lead.

Alden Ehrenreich

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Alden Ehrenreich
Age: 34
Born: 1989
Born: November 22
Actor
Film Actor
Television Actor
LA
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Alden Caleb Ehrenreich
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Same with the Coen brothers and Warren [Beatty]. And then slowly you get to know each one of them as a person, and that becomes a kind of separate entity, where you just know the human being.
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For me, it was watching 'Reds' and 'Splendor in the Grass.' To me, 'Splendor' is like the companion piece to 'Rules Don't Apply.' It's set in the time when Warren [Beatty] came to Hollywood, and when he did that first film.
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Elia Kazan - the films he made were such a big deal for me when I was growing up.
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[Warren's Beatty] first film being with this very important director [Elia Kazan], I think we related on that in a big way. And I just was genuinely curious about his experiences in film, and about the people he knew.
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It's a little bit about how I felt about Hail, Caesar! and now Star Wars. I could not have predicted those things happening to me. But I'm just happy they come along.
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But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world.
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I've definitely been spoilt. Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play.
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