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Director/muse relationships: Ruba Nadda & Alexander Siddig

Films together: Cairo Time (2009), Inescapable (2012)

You know what it is? He’s so masculine to me. He’s the quintessential Arab man. He’s a really good actor, too. I knew I wanted him to be in Cairo Time, and in [Inescapable], I knew he could be a little angrier, a bit more contained, and I knew he would be perfect for the role.

-Ruba Nadda

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About Alexander Siddig:

“He is the quintessential Arab man,” she says. “He’s very masculine and very hard, very contained and explosive. I don’t know how he does it.”