Monday, April 21, 2008

Massive Casting Fail

The 2007 movie Rendition was clearly about Maher Arar.

They did do too bad a job casting the Maher Arar replacement, as you can see.

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REAL MAHER ARAR

 

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FAKE HOLLYWOOD MAHER ARAR (Omar Metwally)

 

However, attempts to cast a counterpart for Arar's wife (Ph.D., federal NDP candidate, observant Muslim) pictured here:

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Ended in...well, this:

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November 22, 2006
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No. No no no no no.

I would have recommended Anne Hathaway,

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...in a hijab, thankyouverymuch.

Catherine Keener would also work.

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