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X-Men Star Peter Dinklage Is Finally Playing A Mutant · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Peter Dinklage starred in
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Speaker 1: X Men Days of Future Past surrounded by mutants, though
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Speaker 1: he wasn't one of them. It was just a regular
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Speaker 1: old human, though a very evil one. But he's finally
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Speaker 1: getting his chance to play a mutant and a superhero,
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Speaker 1: albeit a very different kind one that's been soaked in
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Speaker 1: nuclear sludge. The former Game of Throne star just signed
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Speaker 1: on to play the titular character in The Toxic Avenger,
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Speaker 1: the legendary eighties B movie that's getting a big budget remake.
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Speaker 1: The original was a superhero spoof about a societal outcast
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Speaker 1: who shoved into toxic waste by bullies but emerges as
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Speaker 1: a mutated crime fighter. Made on a shoestring budget, it
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Speaker 1: spawned several sequels of comic even a stage musical, and
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Speaker 1: commands a devoted cult following to this day. So watch
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Speaker 1: out for it. That's Direct from Hollywood.