SA actor lands plumb movie role

[caption id="attachment_222707" align="aligncenter" width="597"] Robbie McLean, right, with Tom Taylor, who plays the main character in ‘The Dark Tower’, at the film’s premiere in New York
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‘Dropping out’ to find agent paid off for Robbie McLean

Working in the barren Karoo desert alongside Hollywood superstar Matthew McConaughey was a surreal experience for South African actor Robbie McLean, who as a youngster dropped out of Rhodes University’s drama course to find an agent.