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Valkyrie director Bryan Singer: 'Brits make good Nazis' [video 3 min 21 sec]

The man behind the X-Men movies tells Paul MacInnes about his love for British stage actors, the parallels between would-be Hitler killer Claus von Stauffenberg and Valkyrie star Tom Cruise, plus why he thinks Eddie Izzard is a rock star.
Read entire article at Guardian (UK)