By Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef has stirred up social media lately after claims he lost a role in James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy” due to his vocal support of Palestine.
Youssef went viral last year following an appearance on “Piers Morgan: Uncensored” used dark humor to criticise Israel.
In a new interview with Salon this week, Youssef asserted that his role in “Superman: Legacy’” was written out because of his Pro-Palestine remarks in the Morgan interview:
“I was cast in the movie, ‘Superman,’ and then they told me, ‘We changed the script,’ after this Piers Morgan interview. I want to assume good faith. I want to know, I want to believe that this is true. I was a little bit bitter, and I wanted to go, I was like, ‘Oh, screw DC, screw Warner Bros.’ But then I understand, I understand the emotional burden that those people have.”
Variety has since reported that according to their sources, Youssef’s character was in the script and Gunn talked to Youssef about possibly playing the role.
However a formal offer was never made, and talks never went further because the character was dropped from the script before the strikes started. The changes to the story were made prior to Hamas’ attack in Israel.
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