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Satire sneering at privilege starring Jeremy Irons' son


Anyone get the little in-joke there? Or was it not an in-joke at all? Perhaps he got the part fair and square. Anyway I'm a lover of privilege and dynasties. I think it's very fitting that the son of Jeremy (Brideshead Revisited) Irons should feature in a film like this which mocks a student dining club similar to the one in Brideshead - presumably the Bullingdon.

Actually it would have been nice to see Jeremy in the film playing Max's father. Tom Hollander plays an MP, right? Well Jeremy has done that before in Damage. Even if he hadn't been playing Max's father having Jeremy there as a former member of the club and star of Brideshead would have been great.

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