My old agent called me and said, Mahershala, you got the part.
And I said, Theres just one thing…
There is that one sex scene where they kiss…
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If theres a sex scene, I cant do it, the actor recalled.
Fortunately, Fincher was accommodating, and the scene as filmed did not include simulated sex.
Ali, who converted to Islam in 2000, recentlyplayed a Muslim religious leaderon season 2 of Hulu’sRamy.
