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Camryn Manheim

"I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended."

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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."

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"It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way."
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