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There were plenty who doubted that David Harbour had the makings of a leading man—himself included. “Being a movie star was almost too big of a dream,” he says, remembering how he looked up at the big screen as a child watching larger-than-life stars take him to different worlds. “Those people all seemed so good looking, I just felt it was an impossible realm. I sort of viewed them with this glow like they were otherworldly. I felt there would never be a place for me in that. I had a lot of self-hatred about the way I looked.” He’s 45, and while he’s been acting professionally for more than 20 years (starting with plays) it took a long time for him to become a …