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Angel
Creek
Hunger
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• Michael has formed his own production company known as 'Peanut Productions'. • He has produced, directed and starred in a stage version of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. • Was transformed into a goat for The Cooper Temple Clause's video Blind Pilots. • It took six hours in hair and make up to make Michael into the true biblical version of Azazeal in the first episode of Hex. • For Band of Brothers, Michael attended a gruelling 12 day bootcamp for actors where they were taught everything about survival and what it truly meant to be a soldier in a war situation. • For his role in the stage production of The Three Sisters, Michael learnt Russian dancing which he describes as 'similar to breakdancing'. • Michael speaks fluent German as his father, Josef Fassbender, is a famous German chef. • Michael is related to Michael Collins, whom he played in the stage production of Allegiance, through his mother, Adele Fassbender. • For his role in Hunger, Michael slimmed down dramatically to achieve the affect of the hunger-striking activist Bobby Sands. • Joel Schumacher is one of his favourite directors and has now been cast in a lead role in one of Schumacher's films.
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