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Directors Shari Cookson and Nick Doob also shot the film and did the sound; it has that rough-hewn feel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Tony winner O’Connell underwent her own transformation as Francis, and not just due to the character’s rough-hewn, New York-like Gotham dialect, courtesy of coach Jessica Drake.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

His vocal addendum is a wax stamp finalizing the rough-hewn collection of distinct voices.”

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

And it’s earned Fisk his third Oscar nomination, a capstone to a career crafting rough-hewn on-screen worlds with such fine-grained dimensionality that you feel as though you walked through them.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Stannis stood behind the rough-hewn table where the Old Bear had once been wont to sit and take his meals.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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