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Armageddon Time director James Gray defends choice to cast non-Jewish actors as Jewish characters

Armageddon Time director James Gray defends choice to cast non-Jewish actors as Jewish characters

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Director James Gray’s new film Armageddon Time is inspired by his childhood in 1980 Queens, with Banks Repeta playing a young version of him and Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong play his parents. One casting decision that has drawn some controversy, though, is Anthony Hopkins playing Gray’s Jewish grandfather—since…

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