Kirsten [Dunst] kept going, Cailee, put the fucking earplugs in.

And Im like, No, I want to feel it!

I wanted to dive into it as much as I could.

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The admiration and love for these journalists is the heart of the story, Spaeny says.

(The model turned formidable war correspondentLee Millerwas the namesake for Dunsts character.)

The journalists are the heroes, but they are unbelievably complicated in the questions they have to ask themselves.

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Are they driven by duty, or merely a need to be where the action is?

You dont feel like you have to do much acting.

But her co-star had a direct line to the latter projects director.

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You know, Kirsten got me that role inPriscilla.

And then she said, This is the best thing to do afterCivil War.

But I grew up watching her career and studying her performances.

It was funny how life imitated art.