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In The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman s character is asked why do they call you Red? , he responds with maybe it s because I m Irish . This is a reference to the fact that the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. Although Freeman was cast for the part, the line was added as a humorous nod to the character s origin.

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In The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?”, he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”. This is a reference to the fact that the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. Although Freeman was cast for the part, the line was added as a humorous nod to the character’s origin.

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