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Model T goes to the movies

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SO THERE I WAS, on set with George Clooney… Of course, as a humble ‘extra’ (I can’t get used to the modern term ‘supporting artist’) I didn’t dare speak to the great man, but it was still one of the more surreal experiences of my life. Especially since the set represented a street in 1930s Washington State, but we were actually in a disused quarry near Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

I was dressed up as the driver of an old sedan, part of the background for a scene involving the

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