How did you enjoy working with American actors – and Oscar winners – such as Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper?
Ashraf Barhom: It was really wonderful. It was very unique and special working with Jamie. He’s very talented. And Chris Cooper was really like a father on the set. He’s also a fantastic actor. It was challenging to work with them. When I heard that Jamie had won an Oscar it demands from me to fight hard to bring more qualities out from me as an actor. But I think Jamie, myself and all the team have made a good movie and we had some good, good moments on the set. I think you can see that on screen. You have actually studied Middle Eastern politics? Ashraf Barhom: Yeah, I started studying them at university besides theatre and Middle Eastern history. But I didn’t finish it. Did that give you a greater insight into some of the politics and enable you to perhaps add things to the script from your perspective? Ashraf Barhom: Not much. It’s a part of my background, of course, and I used what I still know but I didn’t think too much about it [during filming]. But I did have a little bit of b
