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Oct 2016
48m 32s

Casey Affleck - 'Manchester By The Sea'

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The youthful 41-year-old reflects on his early years with Ben and Matt, following an Oscar-nominated perf with a controversial mockumentary, falling in love with acting again thanks to Christian Bale and doing his best work for old pal Kenneth Lonergan.


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