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If we weren't doing remakes, nobody would know who Shakespeare was. I'm not saying that RoboCop is Shakespeare, but it's a way we're retelling. That's what we do as human beings. We retell our favorite stories.

Joel Kinnaman

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Joel Kinnaman
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: November 25
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Film Actor
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Charles Joel Nordström
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman
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