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'Limbo' Star Amir El-Masry on His Successful Push for Roles Beyond Arab Stereotypes
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hollywoodreporter.comIn Netflix's romance/tech sci-fi series The One, Amir El-Masry — also recently seen on the HBO/BBC financial drama Industry and now appearing as the lead in Focus Features' darkly comic refugee film Limbo — played a DNA expert called Ben.
It’s a fact that many might consider unimportant, but for the Cairo-born, London-raised 30-year-old, being given this name was a major achievement and one that he had to fight for, pitching his case to convince the producers who wanted to go with something more Mediterranean. "As simple as it may sound, it speaks volumes," he says, adding that it’s "very uncommon" for him, as an Arab, to play a "Ben". "What it does, subconsciously, is change people’s views of what someone looks like when they're called.
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