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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stuart Heritage

Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast as the sea – but who should play the clouds?

Jeremy Irons in Water People: The Story of Us
Tide’s head revisited … Jeremy Irons in Water People: The Story of Us Photograph: PR

Some actors are lucky and manage to immediately luck into a perfect role. Others have to struggle for years, sometimes even decades, before eventually finding a part that completely encapsulates their personality. Jeremy Irons is one of them. But the good news is that his number has just come up, because Jeremy Irons has just been cast as the sea.

According to Variety, Water People: The Story of Us, the first documentary feature by acclaimed artist Maya de Almeida Araujo has just cast Irons as the voice of the ocean. Which just makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?

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