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Nov 2022
1h 19m

Greta Gerwig

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Greta Gerwig is a true Hollywood multihyphenate – she writes, she directs, and she acts. You always know a Greta Gerwig movie when you see it. Join her and Dua Lipa on this week’s At Your Service episode, in which Greta discusses her incredible career, the hiccups that got her to where she is today, her new movie White Noise, and, yes, all things Barbie, the 2023 film the world eagerly awaits.

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