Mena Massoud Quotes


I would wish we would get to a place of colour-blind casting, where it didn't matter what colour skin you are, where you came from, anybody could play anybody and we didn't judge it.


Citations

Massoud, Mena. "‘Aladdin’ Star Mena Massoud: It’s ‘Time We Start Chipping Away’ at Arab Stereotypes." Interview by Ira Madison III, The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 24 May 2019.

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Mena Massoud
Mena Massoud
  • Born: September 17, 1991
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Actor, Comedian, Singer

Mena Massoud is an Egyptian-born Canadian actor, comedian and singer known for starring as the title character in the Disney fantasy film Aladdin (2019). He also starred as Jared Malik in the Canadian drama series Open Heart (2015), Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), and as Ethan Hart in the Hulu series Reprisal (2019).