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The Los Angeles sun pounded the asphalt, turning the air into a wavering, liquid mirage. Inside his car, the crash of a rock guitar battled the drone of the air conditioning, but nothing could mask the gnawing irritation of gridlock—an hour lost, sweat tracing a slow path down his temple despite the chill. Charlie Hunnam's knuckles whitened on the steering wheel, his jaw clenched, his mind already cycling through the rehearsed answers from a hundred prior interviews. The studio lot rose ahead, a gray block promising another round of scripted exchanges. He cut the engine, the silence that followed feeling dense and heavy. Stepping out, the heat slammed into him, and he shrugged his leather jacket tighter, a silent act of defiance. Inside, fluorescent lights buzzed a sickly hum as he offe…