Abdalla revealed that he was cast 10 months before filming and spent that time going \u201cOh my God, I\u2019m going to be playing Dodi Fayed\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThere was a huge responsibility and a huge sense of privilege of stepping into this figure who all of us have heard about for the last twenty five years but pretty much know nothing about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abdalla explained: If you\u2019re speaking about Dodi in particular, all you get is one adjective: \u2018Playboy\u2019. That\u2019s it. Imagine if your entire life has been reduced to an adjective? That\u2019s part of the reason, when I was first approached for the role, I was like, \u2018What, really? Me? I\u2019m not sure, I don\u2019t \u2013 that adjective doesn\u2019t work.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then of course you enter his real story and you find out how much more fascinating it is, how rich, how moving, and \u2013 from an actor\u2019s perspective \u2013 how much there is to live up to in it, and what I hope is a kind of resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a return of dignity. At the end of the day, he\u2019s someone who died who wasn\u2019t really mourned. He wasn\u2019t really known. And there are very big and important questions for all of us about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Abdalla gave \u201ccredit\u201d to Peter Morgan and those working on The Crown for giving the storyline of the Fayeds \u201cequal respect\u201d.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI believe that there is a big cultural wound for anyone who has followed the story. If he had died now the media treatment of his death would be given a different space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt in my mind about that and part of what we\u2019re doing, I feel, is gentle work to heal that wound, to give a gesture of respect that really should have been given at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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