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The Early Trauma That Fueled Gene Hackman’s Singular Genius

ROYAL PAIN

The two-time Oscar-winning actor used his own father’s temper to achieve greatness in films from “The French Connection” to “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

Alex Belth
Alex Belth
Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums.
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