Ali Dawah - July 03, 2020


ERTUGRUL ACTOR INTERVIEWED BY LAUREN BOOTH - ON SET


Episode Stats

Length

4 minutes

Words per Minute

123.63902

Word Count

564

Sentence Count

77

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

In this episode, we catch up with the actor behind the hit TV show, Dirlish Arturo. He talks about how he got started in his career, why he chose to take the leap of faith and what it means to be a Muslim actor in the modern world.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 What effect is it having on you as an actor?
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00:00:26.140 So there I'm sitting in the tent watching the director do his work.
00:00:33.840 And the voice says SALAM.
00:00:35.640 And, well, this is what happened next.
00:00:42.420 You speak English?
00:00:45.480 Yeah, I can speak English. I don't know if it's good or not.
00:00:48.480 But I can speak. And I can understand you.
00:00:50.700 Fair enough. It's nice to see you.
00:00:52.480 Thank you very much.
00:00:53.200 You have a really intensive filming schedule. I don't envy it.
00:00:58.740 Yes, it is.
00:01:00.240 You basically live in this environment.
00:01:02.880 It's also a very hectic programme.
00:01:06.440 I always work six days a week.
00:01:12.900 That's too much.
00:01:15.900 But it's OK.
00:01:16.960 I wish for you a break, but not for us viewers a break.
00:01:20.060 Thank you.
00:01:23.200 What effect is it having on you as an actor?
00:01:29.640 How have you grown?
00:01:32.200 What does it mean to you to be doing a project like this at this time in your life?
00:01:37.660 It's a very big project.
00:01:38.900 And also, it's the first time in Turkey.
00:01:43.260 It's like this big production.
00:01:47.240 And then maybe to tell the Muslim people.
00:01:52.200 It's very interesting.
00:01:53.520 But I was very excited when I saw the first episode.
00:01:58.760 It was very nice.
00:02:00.020 The first episode.
00:02:00.840 It was very good.
00:02:01.520 And also, I know my director.
00:02:05.000 So he's my old friend.
00:02:06.780 He's the best.
00:02:07.960 Talking to you.
00:02:12.760 And I was excited.
00:02:16.980 And it was a good role for me because there is a lot of toys, you know.
00:02:22.340 Like a...
00:02:23.380 Did you learn to horse ride here?
00:02:28.980 Did they train you?
00:02:29.960 No, no, no.
00:02:30.620 I did.
00:02:31.380 I knew.
00:02:31.880 You knew?
00:02:32.380 Yeah, yeah.
00:02:32.840 I knew.
00:02:33.440 I knew when I was a child.
00:02:36.140 Eight years old or maybe nine years old.
00:02:39.660 I was riding.
00:02:40.380 Are you a country boy?
00:02:41.980 No, but my...
00:02:44.100 I'm a city boy, but my grandma's has a farm to near the city.
00:02:52.180 So the weekends, we went there.
00:02:55.740 So I knew.
00:02:58.980 I find it very interesting to hear words like inshallah and, you know, wallah.
00:03:05.100 Do you know that people, Muslims in the UK are being revived because of this set of what
00:03:12.200 you're doing here?
00:03:12.740 Do you feel the weight of history on you?
00:03:14.820 Yeah, of course.
00:03:15.880 If you not feel the history, you cannot play like that.
00:03:21.780 Because it's...
00:03:22.980 You need to feel something.
00:03:26.180 And I've...
00:03:27.100 We all feel it.
00:03:28.480 We all feel it.
00:03:29.580 Did you...
00:03:30.520 Could you expect at the beginning of this to make a faith-based film?
00:03:35.100 Every week, in Turkish language, and, you know, not English, for it to be such a hit
00:03:41.380 around the world?
00:03:43.300 Or did you...
00:03:44.220 Actually, we didn't wait, of course, for this success.
00:03:49.920 It's a very big success now.
00:03:52.320 So, you know, maybe the build has two pages, the news.
00:04:00.380 Not build, Metro.
00:04:02.160 Metro.
00:04:02.920 You know the Metro.
00:04:04.260 Yes.
00:04:04.520 They had a two-page of news, the Dirlish Arturo.
00:04:10.540 They said, if you don't want to wait Game of Thrones, you can watch Dirlish Arturo.
00:04:17.060 That's how I came to it.
00:04:18.560 Yeah, it's amazing.
00:04:19.580 Thank you.
00:04:19.880 We've been doing this.
00:04:33.260 Thank you.