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That one [in 2012] was different because it was all CG, getting washed away by water. In Independence Day, everything was still done in models, built in a certain scale out of plaster, and packing tons and tons of little explosives and charges in there. We had a second one in case it didn't work the first time, but it worked the first time

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Roland Emmerich
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: November 10
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