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Miles Teller says the real guy he plays in 'War Dogs' has a cameo in the film

By Karen Butler
Miles Teller arrives on the red carpet at the New York premiere of "Allegiant" on March 14, 2016. His new movie "War Dogs" is set for release on Aug. 19. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Miles Teller arrives on the red carpet at the New York premiere of "Allegiant" on March 14, 2016. His new movie "War Dogs" is set for release on Aug. 19. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Miles Teller says the real David Packouz, the massage therapist-turned-international arms dealer he plays in War Dogs, has a cameo in the movie.

The film follows millennials Packouz and Efraim Diveroli [played by Jonah Hill] as they form a small business and lie their way into a $300 million deal to fulfill a U.S. Military contract to provide weapons to the Afghan army, living the high life until the bottom falls out of their operation.

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"David was on set. He has a small cameo in the film. He's the guy playing the guitar in the retirement home... That was pretty funny," Teller told UPI at a press conference in New York Sunday.

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"So, I got to talk to him a little bit. I just thought that was interesting because, obviously, our movie ends, but something of that size is going to have a huge, rippling effect. These are real people, so it's just interesting to see that [the legal cases against the men are] still going on. There are still a lot of conversations being had to kind of wrap that thing up. For me, war is never... It was interesting to see it as a business model or the fact that people were profiting off it. But some of my best friends are military, so, for me, I always look at those things on a more personal level. I look at the people that it's affecting."

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Co-starring Bradley Cooper and directed by Todd Phillips, the movie is set for release Aug. 19.

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