Nelson Mandela himself has said that only Morgan Freeman could portray him. And so Freeman was the first actor cast.

曼德拉曾经说过只有摩根·弗里曼才能扮演他。所以，弗里曼是第一个入选的演员。

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He had named himself after seeing a photograph of the actor Morgan Freeman in an American magazine.

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A., who, finding himself under inexplicable attack, recruits some old colleagues (Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and Morgan Freeman) to solve the mystery.

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