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"Under the Dome star Dean Norris has spoken about the series ahead of its UK launch tonight (August 19). The star - who plays James &amp;#039;Big Jim&amp;#039; Rennie in the CBS drama - said that the concept of Stephen King&amp;#039;s original novel has &amp;quot;universal appeal&amp;quot;.  Speaking of his character, he described him as a &amp;quot;wannabe dictator&amp;quot; who sees the presence of the dome as an &amp;quot;opportunity to take charge&amp;quot;. The 13-part series was executive produced by creator Stephen King and Steven Spielberg and stars Norris, Mike Vogel and Rachelle Lefevre.  Norris said that the script for the series used King&amp;#039;s 2009 novel as &amp;quot;a jumping-off point&amp;quot;.  Speaking about the success of the novel, he added: &amp;quot;The universal appeal of Under the Dome is that we&amp;#039;re always thinking as human beings of this big thing that&amp;#039;s going to happen.  &amp;quot;When I was growing up it was that we were going to get nuked and now it is terrorism. We always seem to be fascinated by the fact that we&amp;#039;re always just on the edge of civilisation just going to hell.&amp;quot; Under the Dome starts exclusively on Channel 5 tonight (Monday, August 19) at 10pm. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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