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The porn star told The Daily Telegraph that she was first contacted by Soderbergh's screenwriters David Levien and Brian Koppelman about the role via her MySpace page.
Grey said: "I thought it was a trick. Then I came home one day and heard a voicemail from Steven Soderbergh."
She then met the director at Warner Bros and he offered her the part immediately after a conversation.
Of the possibility of forging a career as a mainstream Hollywood actress after the movie, Grey added: "Anyone with that idea would be a fool."
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