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Leto says flirting got him Dallas Buyers Club

Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both star in Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both star in Dallas Buyers Club

Jared Leto has said that he flirted with director Jean-Marc Valleé over Skype to get the role of transgender Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club.

The Golden Globe and SAG award winner said: "I was in Berlin and there was a Skype meeting set up with the director. It wasn't really an audition, but I knew it was a test.

"He was feeling me out, so I used it as an opportunity. As soon as we connected, I put lipstick on and he was stunned. I undid the black jacket I had on, pulled a pink furry sweater over my shoulders and proceeded to flirt with him for the next 20 minutes.

"I woke up the next day with the part, so… a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do!"

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