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Fri 09 Sep 2008Actor's IRA views rejected by producers
THE PRODUCERS of the controversial Northern Ireland film Fifty Dead Men Walkingissued a statement yesterday, strongly opposing comments made by cast member Rose McGowan during a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival last week.
At the time she said: "I imagine, had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100 per cent have been in the IRA. My heart just broke for the cause. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it."
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