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Odds are the first time you saw Christophe Waltz on screen. It was in in glorious bastards.

Quentin Tarantino's bonkers World War II action revenge thriller. He played SS Colonel Hans

Landa, a bizarre and diabolical villain. Waltz, who at the time was a relative newcomer to American film,

played the world brilliantly. Charming, strange, and sometimes really big.

That's a big go.

Oh, is that the way you say it? That's a bingo. You just say bingo.

The role earned Waltz, his first ever Academy Award nomination, then a few months later,

his first ever Academy Award. Almost overnight, he became an American movie star.

So what's he been up to lately? His newest project is the most dangerous game,

a retelling of the classic short story by Richard Connell. It debuted last month on Quibi.

It stars Liam Hemsworth as Dodge. Things aren't going well for Dodge. He's in a ton of debt. He's

got cancer. But then he hears about a company called Tiro Fund. He's told they financially

support people in positions similar to his. He sets up a meeting with the president of the fund,

Miles Sellers. Sellers is portrayed by my guest, Christoph Waltz. And in this clip, Miles

gives him the patch. I just can't loan the kind of money we're talking about to someone who very

likely might pass away before he can even think about paying me back.

Now, I know that makes me sound like a bastard. I promise I'm not. It's just,

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