Category: News
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elan Interviews Alexander Siddig, Patricia Clarkson, & Ruba Nadda
elan magazine has a new interview with Sid, Patricia Clarkson, and Ruba Nadda, discussing the making of Cairo Time and what responsibility Sid and Ruba feel toward filmmaking as “hyphenated Arabs”. Here’s an excerpt: This past week, elan caught up with filmmaker Ruba Nadda, and ‘Cairo Time’ stars Alexander Siddig and Patricia Clarkson, at a…
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Trailer for ‘Miral’ with Alexander Siddig, Frieda Pinto
The trailer for Miral has been released, and it features a lot of Sid as the father of the titular character. The new film from Julian Schnabel stars Frieda Pinto as a young woman who lives in an orphanage setup in Jerusalem by Hind Husseini in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine. Her…
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Watch ‘The Boundary’ On Hulu
The Boundary, a short film Sid starred in a couple of years ago is now available in full on Hulu.com as part of the FilmBuff Shorts series. (Note: most videos on Hulu are only available to viewers in the United States.) Written and directed by Julius Onah, The Boundary is the story of a family…
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Sid in Star Trek Magazine Genius Issue
Star Trek Magazine has a new interview with Sid in their latest issue (#27), The Genius Issue. The font in the magazine is tiny, so we’ve retyped it to spare your eyesight. “It’s weird,” says Alexander Siddig, pondering the 18 years that have passed since he first played Doctor Julian Bashir in Star Trek: Deep…
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‘Cairo Time’ To Play At Munich Film Festival
Cairo Time will be screened at the “Filmfest München” in Munich, Germany, on the June 27 and July 1. For more details, visit their website. No word yet on if any of the film’s cast or creative team will attend. Thanks to Ulli for the head’s up!
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Alexander Siddig on Miral, Julian Schnabel & His Garden
In a new interview with the Huffington Post, Sid talks about working with Julian Schnabel on Miral, the variety of roles he’s played in the last year, and so much more. It’s another terrific interview. Alexander has plants that have to get in the ground before he departs for Ireland for several weeks to shoot…
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Alexander Siddig Gets Candid With Ugo
Sid gave Ugo a very candid interview discussing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, particularly his displeasure with the decision to make Bashir genetically enhanced, plus his name change, some clarification about his Sudanese heritage, filming Cairo Time in Egypt, and not playing darts with Colm Meaney.
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Sid Featured in New York Times
Sid is featured in this weekend’s edition of The New York Times, as part of a feature about summer movies. Here’s what writer Karen Durbin had to say: The Sudanese-born Alexander Siddig is a successful British stage actor, and Trekkies know him for his seven-year role in the 1990s as Dr. Julian Bashir in “Star…
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Sid Joins New Season of Primeval
ITV announced today that Alexander Siddig will guest on the new series of Primeval, coming to UK television screens in 2011. Per the press release, Hannah Spearritt, Ben Miller, Andrew Lee-Potts, and Ben Mansfield will return to keep the world safe from unimaginable dangers – aided by the surprise return of some notable guest stars…
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‘Cairo Time’ Heads to Tribeca Film Festival
Cairo Time has landed a spot at the prominent Tribeca Film Festival in the Spotlight category. The festival, founded by Robert DeNiro, will host the US premiere of Cairo Time. The date of the screening has not yet been announced, but the festival runs April 21-May 2.