America bars Iraqi immigrant who played hijacker in September 11 film
Welcome to America!
When Lewis Alsamari fled Iraq more than 10 years ago, he cannot have imagined that a terrorist atrocity would indirectly offer him the biggest break of his career.
This article has already pissed me off.
Granted asylum in Britain, he took up acting and eventually landed a leading role in a film recreating the fate of Flight 93 on 11 September, 2001.
A part he was born to play. Sorry, was that over the top?
But when United 93 opens at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week, the 30-year-old Iraqi is unlikely to be walking the red carpet with his co-stars because of visa problems.
And that proves it. We are a country who is unable to decipher television from reality.
When Lewis Alsamari fled Iraq more than 10 years ago, he cannot have imagined that a terrorist atrocity would indirectly offer him the biggest break of his career.
This article has already pissed me off.
Granted asylum in Britain, he took up acting and eventually landed a leading role in a film recreating the fate of Flight 93 on 11 September, 2001.
A part he was born to play. Sorry, was that over the top?
But when United 93 opens at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next week, the 30-year-old Iraqi is unlikely to be walking the red carpet with his co-stars because of visa problems.
And that proves it. We are a country who is unable to decipher television from reality.
posted by A Mad Man at 7:42 AM
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