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The men fought their captors and escaped.
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Nine years after foiling a lucrative weapons tradeoff and delivering Roper to Syrian captors, Pine has gone undercover again, eventually reuniting with foreign investigator Angela Burr (Colman) as an MI6 operative.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Scarlett Johansson, in October, was reportedly in talks to star as Mother Gothel, Rapunzel’s evil captor, voiced by Donna Murphy in the original.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
That was the case with the tall and lean Ebrahim Azizi, who appears as Eghbal, the man the group believes was their ruthless captor.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
According to her account, one captor ordered her into a bathroom, followed her inside and assaulted her.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Jan. 2026
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Scarlett Johansson, in October, was reportedly in talks to star as Mother Gothel, Rapunzel’s evil captor, voiced by Donna Murphy in the original.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
That was the case with the tall and lean Ebrahim Azizi, who appears as Eghbal, the man the group believes was their ruthless captor.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
According to her account, one captor ordered her into a bathroom, followed her inside and assaulted her.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Captor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/captor. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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captor
noun
cap·tor
ˈkap-tər 
-ˌtȯ(ə)r
: one that has captured a person or thing
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