2024-02-17 08:43:00
10:43 AM Saturday, February 17, 2024
Books – Marwan Al-Tayeb:
American director James Gunn confirmed the exclusion of journalist Bassem Youssef from the team of the upcoming superhero film “Superman: Legacy,” scheduled to be shown in 2025, due to his continued support for the Palestinian cause.
“Jin” re-published the news of Bassem’s exclusion from the film through his official account on the “X” application, and commented: “This is true.”
Bassem Youssef recently appeared in a press interview talking regarding his exclusion from the superhero movie “Superman: Legacy” following he was chosen. The reason behind the exclusion was his continued support for the Palestinian cause and his condemnation of the crimes of the Zionist entity in Gaza through his statements on many American and British talk shows, the most prominent of which were With British journalist Piers Morgan, through which he caused great controversy on social media.
When “Bassem” was asked regarding his opinion on the reason behind his exclusion from participating in the film, he said: “In the United States of America, you can criticize the American President Joe Biden or the politician and former President of the United States, Donald Trump, but you cannot criticize the foreign policies of a foreign country, and this is unfortunate. I was chosen to participate in the Superman movie.”
He continued: “And then they told me, ‘We changed the script of the film following your conversation with Piers Morgan,’ and I understand that those in power to make the decision did not want my participation, and I understand this very well. If I were an Arab Muslim and the head of Warner Brothers, I would not like a Zionist to participate in my film if he attacked me.” My country, but when I attacked Israel and its policies, I did not attack the Jews at the time.”
Bassem Youssef is not the first to be dismissed by one of the American production companies in Hollywood, as the company producing the horror film series “Scream” expelled the young Mexican actress Melissa Barrera from the filming team of the new part following she continued to support the Palestinian people and condemned the ongoing violations of the Zionist entity. On the Gaza Strip.
It is noteworthy that director James Gunn recently presented the third part of the series of superhero films, “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and it achieved great public success at the global box office, with revenues amounting to $845 million from a production budget estimated at $250 million, according to the “IMDB” website.
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