For actor Matthias Schoenaerts, playing the steadfast shepherd Gabriel Oak in the big-screen adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy was a profound experience. The 37-year-old Belgian says that the character helped him shape his personal life. Truly relatable even in 2015, the exuberant story of Victorian farmer
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