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"Michael K Williams has joined the cast of Twelve Years a Slave, director Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s star-studded follow-up to this year&amp;#039;s Shame. The cast already includes the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Brad Pitt, with Paul Giamatti and Sarah Paulson also joining the cast in recent weeks. Twelve Years a Slave is an adaptation of Solomon Northup&amp;#039;s 1853 autobiography, his story of life in 19th-century USA as a black man. Northup enjoyed freedom in New York before being drugged and transported to the South, where he was sold into slavery for 12 years. Deadline reports that Williams will play Robert, a mutinous slave, in the film.  The 45-year-old actor has risen to prominence in recent years for his acclaimed TV roles in HBO series The Wire and Boardwalk Empire. He will also soon be appearing as Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol&amp;#039; Dirty Bastard in the upcoming biopic Dirty White Boy. Watch the trailer for Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s Shame below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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