In 1998 she played the part of Astrid in the English production Still Crazy, followed by Colin Nutley's Oscar-nominated Under the Sun - a film that also received the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

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Meanwhile, AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has hit out at English teams for their "crazy" transfer spending in the wake of the big money moves for Torres and Carroll.

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The tabloid Bild urges Britons not to turn their backs on the EU: "Dear Brits, please stay - after all, you're so beautifully crazy, " it pleads (using the English for "crazy") before launching into a paean to an eclectic list of "crazy" Britons that includes Prince Philip, Sacha Baron Cohen, Boris Johnson and the Loch Ness Monster.

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