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“I've always been a fan of [Mary Elizabeth Winstead's]. She gets to do some fun action-y stuff she brings this gritty swashbuckle to. I think there's a lot of movies that have women in peril running away from the scarier things and then end up being saved by a man, so it's great to see this character MacGyver her way out of situations, whether physically MacGyvering away, or mentally MacGyvering a way out of something. I relate to her more than I relate to most leading men in movies.”

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Dan Trachtenberg

Dan Trachtenberg is an American filmmaker born on May 11, 1981. He gained attention for his short film 'The Ledge', which won awards at several film festivals. Trachtenberg went on to direct numerous shorts and commercials, and in 2014, he helmed his first feature film, '10 Cloverfield Lane', which was both a commercial and critical success. more

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