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Is Kurt Russell Ready To Make Santa Claus His Last Role? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Kurt Russell has played
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Speaker 1: a wide range of roles over the course of his
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Speaker 1: six decade long career. But if you ask any kids,
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Speaker 1: the one they know him for most of Santa Claus
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Speaker 1: in the Christmas Chronicles, and if he has his way,
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Speaker 1: it may be the one he's remembered for. The Christmas
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Speaker 1: Chronicles director Chris Columbus tells Yahoo Entertainment, Kurt said to me,
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Speaker 1: I want to walk into the sunset, this being the
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Speaker 1: last role I've play, but he wants to continue the
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Speaker 1: franchise deep down into his soul. He's committed to this role.
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Speaker 1: That means eight weeks growing the beard or with the
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Speaker 1: script every night before he shoots. With me, it's an
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Speaker 1: intense commitment and he takes it very seriously. When most
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Speaker 1: guys play Santa Claus, most of the time, it's not
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Speaker 1: taken seriously. When Kurt Russell play Santa Claus, he writes
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Speaker 1: a hundred seventy pages of backstory and mythology. Santa Claus
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Speaker 1: Chronicles to Netflix. Now that's direct from Hollywood.