One day ... at the end of the take, I realized I had literally mud over my entire face and for some reason it just made me really happy, as hard work as it was and as hot as it was and as challenging as all that was, I just remembered being happy... looking around at the scale and the scope of it and just remembering the beginnings of a being a young actor... and being a child dreaming of being part of these stories.

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in the films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Warrior (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013), Black Mass (2015), Loving (2016), It Comes at Night, (2017) and Red Sparrow (2018).In Australia, Edgerton portrayed Will McGill in the drama series The Secret Life of Us (2001–02), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama.

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