For the role he had to master riding a horse, and read between the lines with his co-star Judi Dench, who played Queen Victoria.

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Other highlights include a 2010 short, Mark on Allen by director Spike Jonze, which chronicles what happens when one of the world's best professional skateboarders tries to master riding a bicycle.

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