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Aaron Sorkin: ‘I don’t have a political agenda – I’m just trying to capture your attention’

The creator of ‘The West Wing’ has directed a follow-up to his 2010 movie ‘The Social Network’, focusing on a Facebook whistleblower. Louis Chilton speaks to the motor-mouthed writer about his late-in-life pivot to directing, the pitfalls of network TV, and why he’s desperate to write something ‘frivolous’ for once

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Aaron McCusker: ‘If I was named James Bond, it wouldn’t match the thrill Mum got when she heard I was in Corrie’

Forty years after his mother dragged a reluctant seven-year-old to his first audition in Portadown, the Armagh actor is pulling pints as the Rovers Return’s new landlord. From Shameless to Bohemian Rhapsody, he tells how a childhood part he didn’t want led to the biggest role of his career

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