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TIL at age 25, Sharlto Copley ran a production company and allowed, then 19 year old, Neill Blomkamp to work there in exchange for use of their computers to pursue animation and design. Roughly 10 years on, Neill casts Sharlto in the Oscar nominated District 9 as well as later in Elysium and Chappie

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