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Definitely the script because you want to be part of an interesting story, you want your character to be a challenge, then comes the director. But essentially it's the script first and whether it's a character that you think you can do.

Eric Bana

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Eric Bana
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
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Melbourne
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