So were going to do the hard work for you.
Hey, Ive got a new one for you, Sami recalls telling his producer.
Its going to be likeThe Sopranosbut inside a mosque.
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It was the fastest yes I think Ive ever seen.
The series follows an Australian-Iraqi family.
Its patriarch, played by Kamel El Basha, is Sheikh Mohammad, a religious leader keen on reform.
Sami stars as Isa, the ambitious and hot-headed adopted son who runs a truck-wash business.
The team behind the show had several women at the helm.
Per theSuccessionreference, there is intrigue and double-dealing, there are power struggles and alliances are forged and broken.
He also knew Samis father, which informed the Sheikh Mohammad character.
The team, Sami says, wanted to tell a story that rarely makes it into the mainstream.
People are sick of it, but the word is representation.
I was just gagging to tell a story like this.
About 30% of the dialogue is in Arabic and there are layers within that.
There were huge levels of complexity.
The references to other series when talking aboutHouse of Godsmaybe miss the point.
Sami grew up loving cinema, theater and those influences storytelling influences permeateHouse of Gods.
Its not a documentary about religion, you know, he says.
Its hopefully an engrossing story that we havent seen before.
