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For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 9
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Guadalajara
México
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Pressured
Backbone
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Devil
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