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Mena Massoud to Star in His 1st Egyptian Film, Report


Sun 06 Dec 2020 | 12:50 PM
Yara Sameh

In highly secretive sessions that lasted more than three months, "Signal films" signed with Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud, to star in his first-ever Egyptian film.

"Cairo 24" learned from sources that the film is scheduled to begin shooting in the next few weeks in Egypt.

The film is an action and thriller genre and will have many parts. It will be filmed in Egypt and in more than one European country.

The production will be written by Karim Sorour and directed by Mark Adel.

It is worth mentioning that Massoud is an actor of Egyptian origin, born on September 17, 1991, in Cairo to Egyptian parents before he immigrated to Canada with his parents when he was just a few months old.

He made his international appearance in 2011 when he appeared briefly in episodes of the television series “Nikita” and “Combat Hospital”.

Massoud also starred as Jared Malik in the 2015 series “Open Heart”, and Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series “Jack Ryan”.

However, the actor drew attention with his role as Aladdin in Disney's 2019 remake of the 1992 original film, which nominated him for a Teen Choice Award.

It also featured Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Billy Magnussen, Alan Tudyk, Nasim Pedrad, Marwan Kenzari, Numan Acar, Frank Welker, Navid Negahban, Navid Negahban, Ocean Navarro, Kamil Lemieszewski, Sophie Carmen-Jones, and Adam Collins.

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In the same year, he was cast in the main role of "Ethan Hart" in the Hulu original series "Reprisal", as well as appeared as Chaz in the thriller film "Strange but True", and starred as Kamal in the drama film" Run This Town".

In 2019, he arrived in Egypt to participate in the third edition of the El-Gouna Film Festival (GFF).

During an interview with actress Amina Khalil on the fringe of the festival, Massoud expressed his desire to star in an Egyptian film.