Satan Cast Out of Movie for Looking too Much like Barack Obama
Many would argue that the Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazanni resembles in various ways the U.S. President Barack Obama. Such resemblance to an individual of power is going to garner a great deal of attention, just look at Chad Smith and Will Feral. However, when as an actor you are tasked with playing Satan in an upcoming film and you happen to look like the president of the United States, then there is a good chance that your role will be cut for fear of inciting hate.
Ouazanni first portrayed Satan in The History Channel’s miniseries, The Bible, and was asked to reprise his role for the upcoming film Son of God.
Rona Downey, a producer for the film, told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday that, “For our movie, Son of God, I wanted all of the focus to be on Jesus. I want his name to be on the lips of everyone who sees this movie, so we cast Satan out. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting-room floor. This is now a movie about Jesus, the son of God, and the devil gets no more screen time.”
Despite the fact that Ouazanni’s appearance is apparently contrived through makeup and other “production tricks” the two individuals do share a passing resemblance. So much so that a quick google image search for the president will return with images of Ouazanni as the devil.
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