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"Susan Sarandon has said that starring in Cloud Atlas was like &amp;quot;being in a circus&amp;quot;. The actress is part of the ensemble cast - including Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving and Jim Sturgess - in the unconventional adaptation of David Mitchell&amp;#039;s novel.   &amp;quot;I just have tiny parts,&amp;quot; Sarandon told Metro of her roles in the film. &amp;quot;I got to be an Indian man and completely tattooed, among other things.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;When I got to Berlin they&amp;#039;d done half the shoot. I saw a ten-minute reel which looked like a trailer for several different studio films - there were so many locales and time periods, it looks gorgeous. &amp;quot;It was like being in a circus - the feeling of surrendering to the scope of the thing was contagious. Hugh Grant said he spent one day in make-up, longer than make-up for all the other films he&amp;#039;s done.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Cloud Atlas&amp;#039;: Lana and Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer on movie - video Sarandon went on: &amp;quot;It was a fun group - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry - they gave themselves over to the big ideas in the film. &amp;quot;I was so tickled they brought me over to do a bunch of little parts. It was insane in the best way possible.&amp;quot; Whishaw has described the film as a &amp;quot;massive experiment&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;an egoless chamber piece&amp;quot;, while its directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer have admitted that the project almost &amp;quot;started as a joke&amp;quot; when first discussed. Watch the Cloud Atlas extended first-look trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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