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Martin Freeman defends age gap with Jenna Ortega in erotic thriller 'Miller's Girl'

Martin Freeman is addressing the controversy over the age gap between him and costar Jenna Ortega in the erotic thriller 'Miller's Girl,' defending the film as 'grown-up and nuanced.'

Written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett and released in January, Miller's Girl stars Ortega, 21, as 18-year-old Cairo Sweet, a high school senior who seduces her creative writing teacher (Freeman) as fodder for a college admissions essay. Back in February, the film's intimacy coordinator, Kristina Arjona, said Ortega was "comfortable" with the material and actively involved with the execution. "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," Arjona told the Daily Mail.

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