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Giving up movie stardom was Tom Hiddleston’s smartest career move

Giving up movie stardom was Tom Hiddleston’s smartest career move

‘The Life of Chuck’ is Hiddleston’s first substantial movie role in six years. Louis Chilton looks at the career of an actor who flirted with mainstream stardom but refused to settle down

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