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\n\tEgyptian-born comic Bassem Youssef<\/a> claims he misplaced a job in James Gunn<\/a>\u2018s Superman Legacy <\/em>movie due to his public support of Palestine<\/a>, however, a source close to production tells Deadline, that\u2019s not the case: Youssef was by no means previously supplied the function. <\/p>\n \n\tWe hear that Youssef taped an audition pre-actors strike for the function of Rumaan Harjadi. However, by the point Gunn turned in his closing capturing strike publish writers\u2019 strike ending in late September, that function was minimize. This was all earlier than the tragic occasions of Oct. 7, 2023. Hence per the Superman Legacy <\/em>manufacturing supply \u2014 no official ask was made to Youssef. Given that the actors strike was nonetheless ongoing in late September, and didn\u2019t finish till early November, no communication about Youssef acquiring or not acquiring the function would have been communicated to him. <\/p>\n \n\tDuring an Oct. 17 look on Piers Morgan: Uncensored<\/em>, Youssef slammed Israel saying, \u201cThey said Israel is the only military force in the world that warns civilians before bombing them.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe added, \u201cHow f*cking cute! That is so nice of them because with this logic, if Russian troops started warning Ukrainians before bombing their houses, we\u2019re cool with Putin, right?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn a latest\u00a0interview with Salon<\/a>\u00a0this week, Youssef mentioned he believed these feedback spurred his shedding a job in Superman: Legacy<\/a><\/em> function because of the Piers Morgan interview. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cBecause of that, I was cast in the movie, Superman<\/em>, and then they told me, \u2018We changed the script,\u2019 after this Piers Morgan interview. I want to assume good faith. I want to know, I want to believe that this is true.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tHe added, \u201cI was a little bit bitter, and I wanted to go, I was like, \u2018Oh, screw DC, screw Warner Bros.\u2019 But then I understand, I understand the emotional burden that those people have. I mean, those people have a connection with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continued, \u201cI understand maybe the people who are in charge, that took the decision, looked at me and didn\u2019t want to have me. And maybe I understand. If I\u2019m an Arab Muslim, I was the head of Warner Bros., I wouldn\u2019t like a pro-Zionist or a pro-Israel to be in my movie if he attacked my people. I understand. This is the thing that we need to dissect: when I attack Israel, I attack its policy, I\u2019m not attacking Jewish people.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAnother supply near the scenario believes that maybe it is a case of \u201cHe said-he said;\u201d we\u2019re instructed Youssef feels strongly that his public political views acquired him nixed from manufacturing. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Egyptian-born comic Bassem Youssef claims he misplaced a job in James Gunn\u2018s Superman Legacy movie due to his public support of Palestine, however, a source close to production tells Deadline, that\u2019s not the case: Youssef was by no means previously supplied the function. We hear that Youssef taped an audition pre-actors strike for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}