Like a ghost in a film, melting into the scenery, I was starting to vanish from my life, not by going away somewhere but just by staying where I was and doing what I had always done.

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Post-production work on Polanski's latest film, The Ghost, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor, has been halted.

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Meanwhile, British author Robert Harris - who had been working with Mr Polanski on a film adaptation of his novel The Ghost - said he was taken aback by the weekend's events.

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