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We were talking about an Orson Welles type of character, bigger than life.
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The speaker describes a character as resembling Orson Welles and as unusually vivid, imposing, or dramatic—someone who seems larger than ordinary life. “We were talking about” shows that this is a description being discussed, not a claim that the character is literally Welles.
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