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It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, Oh, this is a bad guy and dismiss him.

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Dan Stevens
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: October 10
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Daniel Jonathan Stevens
Daniel Jonathan Dan Stevens
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