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Peter Greste (left) and actor Richard Roxburgh, who portrays him in the movie The Correspondent.

They made a movie about my prison nightmare. I watched it through my fingers

As Richard Roxburgh stars as me in a feature film, I confront a disturbing reality: more journalists are behind bars today than when I was incarcerated in Egypt more than a decade ago.

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When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh would portray his ordeal in a film.

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The award-winning actor and former journalist reflect on making The Correspondent.
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Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste on bringing a dark story to the big screen

The award-winning actor and former journalist reflect on making The Correspondent.

‘I was totally enamoured the second I saw him’: Silvia Colloca on life with Richard Roxburgh

“Being with Richard was the first time I felt that I wanted to have kids. It was different to any other love I had felt before,” says the 47-year-old cook.

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