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Danny Huston, who plays ruthless gangster Ben “The Butcher” Diamond, in a scene from Starz’s Magic City.Starz

Miami-based 'Magic City' returns to Starz

By Eric Deggans, Times TV/Media Critic

6/13/13

In an age where TV has made heroes of a serial killer, a methamphetamine dealer and a ruthless mafia boss, how does one go about playing a television villain who really is supposed to be a bad guy? Don't ask Danny Huston, who describes his bad guy character on Starz's luscious Miami-set drama Magic City the way you …

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