LONDON — If Artemis Fowl is, as author Eoin Colfer described it, “Die Hard with fairies,” then Josh Gad says the burglar dwarf character he plays in the film version is the Hans Gruber of the story.“I’m clearly Alan Rickman,” Gad, 39, jokes between scenes at Longcross Studios, outside of London.Based on Colfer’s bestselling series of young-adult fantasy novels, the film, out now on Disney +, centres on a child millionaire and criminal mastermind (played by newcomer Ferdia Shaw) who, while investigating his father’s (Colin Farrell) mysterious disappearance, discovers the fairy underground metropolis of Haven City.Gad plays Mulch Diggums, a kleptomaniac dwarf, who, along with Artemis’ trusted butler (Nonso Anozie) and a feisty elven officer
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