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" I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male. "
Pilou Asbaek
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" I did a film called 'Worlds Apart' about a Jehovah's Witness. I was the love interest - the male lead - but the story was about the female lead, a young girl who is a part of this cult, and she wants to break out. She meets a guy who has to help her. She has to find out who she is. It's more like a coming of age story. "
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