How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage struggled to make it as an actor in the big city, partially because he refused to take roles that belittled the experience of people with dwarfism. He turned down roles for "elves or leprechauns." However, he was minorly successful in the theater circuit. He got his break on the big screen when he was cast with Steve Buscemi in the lead role of Living in Oblivion. 

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