Were you surprised to read that Masood walks on when he sees Christian being attacked?
“No, I love it! Masood can often be too nice or to laid-back but he’s flexible. So for them to write that Masood walks on by when Christian’s being beaten up – that’s such a brilliant additional layer to the character. We get to see an even darker side of Masood. When we filmed the first take of that scene, all the extras and the crew gasped and started hissing!”How does Masood finally learn of Zainab’s betrayal?”Masood – being the guy who wants the rest of the family to get on with their lives – suggests going to the caf and Zainab comes to blows with Jane while they’re there. It’s at that moment that Jane says, ‘Well, you could have sorted all this out as you’ve known for months’. Masood’s dumbfounded! I actually think that Jane believes Masood knew about Syed and Christian all along. I don’t think there was any malice in Jane’s comments because Jane’s actually surprised to realise that he didn’t know anything!”How does Masood deal with the revelation?”He freaks out! This is Masood’s
