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I think you're always afraid when you go into like a big superhero movie that it's gonna be kinda just action and you're not gonna be able to just really go to the bottom of the characters.

Joel Kinnaman

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