The film project has been “twenty years of constipation,” and he liken…

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The film project has been “twenty years of constipation,” and he likens the Hollywood process to “trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it.” ✨ The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time.
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