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Professor pretty boy

Aidan Quinn's looks almost cost him a role, but Streep stepped in

It's not as if Aidan Quinn had a lot of time to prepare for his role as a high-powered physics professor in "Dark Matter," opening today. Fact is, the makers of the low-budget film about the professional and personal conflicts between a Chinese exchange student and his department chair were desperate: The actor who was supposed to play the role of the older academic had dropped out due to other...

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