Dec 06, 20 amr waked, an egyptian actor who has appeared in syriana and contagion, will play a french cop in luc bessons scifi action pic lucy, starring scarlett johansson and morgan freeman. Lucy, the newly released movie by french filmmaker luc besson, features egyptian actor amr waked his appearance prompts reflections on presence of egyptian artists in international cinema. Scarlett johanssons kiss with egyptian actor causes uproar. Intersected throughout the movie are segments of professors normans lectures on the evolution of the human brain, which. It is most commonly written as amr, but is also written as amro. Nov 26, 2014 lucys brain discovers she cannot achieve all she wants to alone and she requests the help of professor norman freeman, and police sgt pierre del rio amr waked.
Burns oyuncular marion cotillard matt damon laurence fishburne jude law gwyneth paltrow. Amr said its revised plan addresses these concerns by retaining current contractual limits on furloughs and setting restrictions on the ability of the thirdlargest us airline to enter codesharing relationships. Contagion is a 2011 american thriller film directed by steven soderbergh. Lucy star amr waked talks luc besson, netflixs marco polo. Contagion is a 2011 american medical thrillerdisaster film directed by steven soderbergh. Amr waked done filming luc bessons lucy opposite scarlett. Join facebook to connect with amr waked and others you may know. Other prominent roles include him playing a yemeni sheikh called muhammad in salmon fishing in the yemen, pierre del rio in luc. Sep 23, 2016 rome egyptian actor amr waked, his countrys biggest international star, has joined the cast of neil jordans riviera as a french detective investigating the yacht explosion that. The book is, at the core, concerned with the question of whether male and female brains are different. Hire amr waked for an appearance at events or keynote speaker.
Dr marc sprenger, director of the world health organizations amr secretariat, paid to tribute to waaar and amr control for its longstanding commitment to addressing amr and for publishing the annual amr control book who march amr newsletter. He studied economics and theatre in the american university in cairo. Geostorm actor amr waked convicted of car damage in egypt. Film critic scout tafoya considers 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being films. In 2011, he played in the yemeni movie salmon fishing followed by a role in steven soderberghs contagion. Although very close in writing in arabic, they are two different names, though sometimes the one is transliterated as the other, so amr ibn alas is sometimes transliterated as omar ibn alaas. Lucy star amr waked talks luc besson, netflixs marco. Rome egyptian actor amr waked, his countrys biggest international star, has joined the cast of neil jordans riviera as a french. Although very close in writing in arabic, they are two different names, though sometimes the one is. Amr waked acts alongside scarlett johansson and morgan. Contagion premiered on september 3, 2011 at the 68th venice film festival in venice, italy, and a wider release followed on september 9. Amr waked booking agent for corporate events, business parties and galas, endorsements, tradeshows or conferences, and other celebrity appearances.
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Waked was born in 12 april 1973, studied economics and political science in the american university in cairo where he joined the university theatre team, his first role was in the film gannet alshayatein devils paradise in 1999 directed by osama fawzi, later his stardom began with the film ashab wala biznes friends or business partners in 2001 directed by ali. Foreign grosses for contagion would remain relatively stagnant up until the weekend of october 1416, 2011, when the film expanded into several additional european markets. Egyptian actor amr waked has announced he finished filming the film lucy with director luc besson, scheduled for release. Amr waked amr waked was born in cairo, egypt in 1972. Amr waked says the netflix epic is heavy on martial arts and politics, while lucy brought him his first chinese fans having already appeared in a. Many people know him internationally because of his role in the 2005 film syriana. The book shows just how hard the battle was for george washington and how close america was to losing the revolutionary war. Law, kate winslet, and gwyneth paltrow in the 2011 film, contagion. The cast and crew of lucy actors scarlett johansson, morgan freeman and amr waked, and producer virginie bessonsilla talk about their experiences working with director luc besson in a.
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