No Time To Die casting director faced a 'strange' challenge for roping in Rami Malek
by Mahima Jhawar | Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:41:04 GMT
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Rami Malek is a renowned American actor, famous for his work in the lead as a computer hacker Elliot Alderson in an American television series named Mr. Robot that telecasted from 2015 to 2019. Further, his remarkable work in movies like Bohemian Rhapsody, The little things, Papillon, Need for Speed, The Pacific and others made him gain quite a reputation along with a series of awards.

The actor can be seen soon enough playing the role of Safin in an upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. The first look of Rami has cherished the audience, however, making this cast was not at all easy for the director.

It was revealed recently that the casting director of this film, Debbie McWilliams found it difficult to rope in the Academy Award winner for the role. She said in her revelation that when she reached out to the actor's agent to call for a meeting, they didn't respond. And since being a part of the film doesn't mean to post the contract without meeting the fellow actors, the casting was postponed.

Later, the casting director luckily met Rami at the screening of Bohemian Rhapsody and got to know that Rami knows nothing about their reaching out to his agents. Debbie adds that upon knowing this fact, he was on the phone immediately and came to the office as early as the next day to discuss the role.

And as we all know, the meeting led to a fruitful conclusion and Rami Malek was finally a part of the upcoming James Bond Film.

McWilliams marked it as a strange time, though she adds that she has learned to be bold enough to go and get what you want. Finally, the peculiar time passes by and the film gets its "Safin".

Further, in an interview with GQ, Rami revealed that there was no chance that he would say no to a "007 film" and feels lucky to get this opportunity.

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