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What makes a breakout star? Is it shimmying your hips in the same vein as Elvis Presley, carrying his twangy accent for months after playing him in a biopic? Is it serving up a piping hot dish of risotto at a busy Chicago restaurant? Perhaps it’s sporting 800 different costumes in one take and introducing the world to the world’s most abstract bagel. Or maybe it’s making us all sob while playing opposite Normal People hottie Paul...

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