.MenaMassoud promises to 'do the legend justice' after he's cast as PrinceNaseem in new biopic on the British boxing icon
Mena Massoud has lined up his next role and it’s a big one: portraying legendary British boxer Naseem Hamed in the upcoming biopic “Giant”.
Known to fans by the nicknames Prince Naseem and Naz, Hamed held multiple featherweight world titles during his 10-year professional career, including the WBO, IBF and WBC titles.Massoud, the Canadian-born actor best known for playing the title role in Disney’s live-action “Aladdin”, will be starring alongside Paddy Considine , who’ll be playing Hamed’s Ireland-born boxing trainer, Brendan Ingle.Time to put some real respect on our names,” he tweeted. “Lot of work ahead to do the legend justice.
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