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Hamish Macbain

Daniel Brühl on All Quiet on the Western Front, his Marvel dancing and why he wants to do more comedies

“Oh my God…” says Daniel Brühl suddenly, eyeing a framed, stitched mosaic on the wall of the Soho Hotel suite we are sat in, his train of thought broken. “It’s a different symbol in Hindu, I know, but I see all these swastikas up there.” I turn to look. Said mural does indeed feature lots of symbols that in Sanskrit mean ‘well being’. But which are also, unmistakably, inverted swastikas.

“Bit irritating,” he chuckles, somewhat darkly. “Jesus Christ… um, where was I?”

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