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"Al Pacino has been cast as Napoleon Bonaparte in the big screen version of Betsy And The Emperor. The Oscar-winning actor has long been attracted to portraying the role of the French emperor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The independent film, an adaptation of Stanton Rabin&amp;#039;s children&amp;#039;s book, is to begin filming in late autumn with The Painted Veil\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s John Curran directing. Pacino&amp;#039;s last role was with Robert De Niro in the 2008 crime drama Righteous Kill. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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