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" When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee. "

Miranda Otto

Working

Lunch

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People

Looking

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Miranda Otto

Same

Doing

" That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that. "

Miranda Otto

Cool

Thought

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" Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family. "