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‘Miller’s Girl’ Star Martin Freeman Defends Age Gap With Jenna Ortega In Film Following Controversy


Martin Freeman defends his new film, Miller's Girl, from the criticism it has received for the age gap between him and his co-star, Jenna Ortega.

Martin Freeman defends his new film, Miller’s Girl, from the criticism it has received for the age gap between him and his co-star, Jenna Ortega. “And that’s a shame,” Freeman noted, about the stories about difficult subjects that can be tainted by association before referencing Schindler’s List, saying, “Are we gonna have a go at Liam Neeson for being in a film about the Holocaust?” “There was many, many people throughout this process, engaging with [Ortega] to make sure that it was consistent with what she was comfortable with, and she was very determined and very sure of what she wanted to do,” Kristina Arjona told the Daily Mail in February.

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