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Civil War's Stephen McKinley Henderson On Getting Cut From Dune: Part Two and Doing His Own Stunt Driving at 74

The veteran character actor, who'd never imagined himself making action movies, gets behind the wheel in Alex Garland's bleak new blockbuster.

In Civil War, Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura are reporters on their way to the frontlines of a near-future U.S. in violent chaos; Henderson plays Sammy, a veteran print journalist (for “what’s left of the New York Times”) who hitches a ride with them. He's become a regular in the A24 universe, which includes his memeable work as the priest-slash-theater teacher in Lady Bird whose deeply felt remorse when his production of Merrily We Roll Along isn't well received is heartbreaking. Henderson had long been one of the foremost interpreters of Wilson's work, but the starry production brought celebs to the theater who wanted to cast him, which led to jobs in Lincoln, Tower Heist, and eventually the Fences film adaptation, which Washington directed.

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