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I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy.

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• I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy.

  

  Kevin Macdonald
  • Movie
  • Crazy
  • English