‘He invited me back to his hotel suite.

We got on really well, recalls Jagger.

I thought he was a very accomplished actor.

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But the meeting was important to Cannavale for reasons beyond Jagger signing off on his casting.

First of all, I didnt even know something that big existed.

The terrace was bigger than my apartment.

I couldnt find the bathroom.

I was like, Where is this fing [thing]?

And every single song that came on, man, he knew it.

That was really interesting.

Hed talk about the first time he heard it, or whatever.

That was helpful to me.

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