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In 1987, Latif Yahia was taken to Saddam's headquarters to meet Uday, Saddam's eldest son, and told that a great honour had been bestowed upon him: that because of the great likeness between them, he had been chosen to be Uday's double. For many Iraqis it would have been the highlight of their lives, but for Latif, a peace-loving man who did not agree with Saddam's brutal regime, it was not. He refused. Following a week of torture, and realising he would be killed if he continued to refuse, Latif was forced to accept the role.
Sounds like some crazy movie? Not yet. There's always a book first Latif Yahia has written a couple of books, the first titled (I Was Saddam's Son) in German language in 1994, they have sold over one million copies worldwide in twenty languages. His second book (The Devil's Double) in 2003... and his New Book (The Black Hole) in 2006. This Book has been banned in Books Stores in the USA and IRELAND and he lives there, and all because he didn't say nice things about The American CIA.
Interesting!
I think this is one movie where I might prefer not to read the book first, or at all really. There might be too many gruesome details. Buuuut the movie will probably be a lot of flash and err on the side of historical acuracy.
Based on a gripping, unbelievable true story of money, power and opulent decadence, Lionsgate’s THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE takes a white-knuckle ride deep into the lawless playground of excess and violence known as Bagdad, 1987. Summoned from the front line to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he’s ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein (also Dominic Cooper), a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality.
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With his and his family’s lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince’s psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence. With one wrong move costing him his life, Latif forges an intimate bond with Sarrab (Ludivine Sangier), Uday's seductive mistress who’s haunted by her own secrets. But as war looms with Kuwait and Uday’s depraved gangster regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realizes that escape from the devil’s den will only come at the highest possible cost. |
*stills and trailer from Yahoo!Movie. Synopsis from movie website
When I first saw the ad for this I thought it was Karl Urban, who I think is sexy and much underrated.
AND
He played both Caesar and Cupid on Xena! I had a crush on this guy since back in the day. Lookie why:
Aww look at his heart tattoo. Because Cupid was a rebel.
Love the looks on both their faces!
Cupid: Yep I'm sexy, duh
Xena: I don't get it, just don't get it
I'm off to watch some Xena now!
-Stephanie
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