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" The fantasy genre has so far rather embraced me, and I'm incredibly grateful for that. "
Gwendoline Christie
Far
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" I'm certainly really rather tall at 6 foot 3, and I've been this way since I was 14, but for years, women who are even 5 foot 10 have come up to me in the street and said, 'Oh, it's so nice to see a woman who is taller than me. I've always felt like a giant.' "
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