Osama Abbas Quits Acting
Yara Sameh
Veteran Egyptian actress Osama Abbas announced his retirement from acting at the age of 85, leaving behind a legacy of iconic roles.
In a phone-in with "
Sada ElBalad
" satellite TV Channel, Abbas confirmed that he has stepped away from acting permanently. 'I am happy with my time, especially after I stopped participating in any work, or in other words after I stopped acting. What is offered to me is not worth making because it is below standard, and if I did it, anyone who is convinced of my acting abilities would ask me, 'How can you do this, Osama?''.
The prominent actor added that he might resume his acting career if he received a distinctive and unique role.
Abbas recalled his early acting career and confirmed that he entered the acting scene by mere chance, through the late legend Abdel Moneim Madbouly, when he was offered a role with the late icon Al-Daif Ahmed.
"At the time, I was working my main job and acting, because I did not believe that acting could secure my life or my family, as well as was not reassured about it, so I did not leave my main job," he added." However, after a while, when I participated in several works and settled down. I began to feel that acting was my source of livelihood and devoted myself to it,".
Before the acclaimed actor launched his acting career, Abbas graduated from the Faculty of Law and worked as a lawyer at the beginning of his life, but after a while, he turned to acting, and when he proved his acting abilities, he left law and became an actor.
Throughout his five-and-a-half-year career, the acclaimed actor presented in many films, TV series, and plays such as 'The Journey of Mr. Abu Al-Ala Al-Bishri', 'Dumou Fi Oyoun Waqiha', 'Bawabet Al Halawani', 'Raafat Al-Hagan', and 'Aida Opera'.
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