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— by Lap Phan: I have lost count of how many times I have died. Juvenile soldier, dead. Drug dealer, deceased. Illegal fisherman, departed. To be honest, I have lost count of how many times I have died on screen.

My career as an actor so far has been playing a series of “redshirts” doomed to be discarded once they have delivered the obligatory exposition which enables other characters to fulfil their story arcs…

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