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“There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller…” quote by Jon Watts — Download Open image

“There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension and setups and payoffs and misdirections and surprising people and sort of pushing the boundary.”

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