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Rami Malek on How ‘The Amateur’ Breaks the Spy Thriller Mold
'The Amateur' star Rami Malek explains why his character stands apart from the typical espionage thriller protagonist.
Usually, we see someone who would be difficult to necessarily relate to personally for the majority of us, whereas I think we can see a lot of ourselves in Charlie,” Malek told Variety at the film’s New York premiere. Based on Robert Littell’s 1981 novel of the same name, “The Amateur” follows Charles “Charlie” Heller (Malek), a CIA cryptographer who embarks on a personal mission to seek revenge on his wife’s (Rachel Brosnahan) killers. He continued: “I think, at the moment, we’re in a world that feels a bit turned upside down — whatever your point of view — and this is a lens through which we look at it and interrogate what we believe, what we’re scared of, what’s the threat, and it’s exciting to watch.”
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