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No./ 1 Why Paul Greengrass went Western

THE LAST TIME Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks teamed up, they made , a propulsive true-life thriller that started with Hanks’ character being attacked by pirates, and ended with him having something of a nervous breakdown in real time. Fun for all the family. Their next movie together,will be sedate — there will still be drama and danger and men with guns — but chances are that your blood pressure won’t be quite so bothered. “I wanted to do something different,” says Greengrass. “And who could resist the idea of doing a Western?”

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