CAIRO, 20 April 2005 — Prominent Egyptian actress Laila Elwi has justified her rejection of an offer for the leading role in the upcoming television drama series “Al Midan”, saying that she was busy having already signed other acting contracts. The offer for the television series came at a time when she was too involved with shooting scenes for different series.
According to the Qatar-based daily, Al Raya, Laila denied that the reason behind her refusal of the role is the low wage she was offered or that the role is not so significant. She added that when she is offered any role, she does not care if it is a minor or major one, and the only thing that matters is that the role she is playing sends out a meaningful message.
Meanwhile, Laila has announced that her television drama series “Bint Min Shubra” finally received the approval of the Egyptian Censorship Committee to be aired on local and satellite Egyptian channels. The series had been aired on different Arab satellite channels and proved to be inoffensive to any religious sect, which was the argument of the Egyptian censorship. Laila stressed that viewers all around the Arab world expressed their approval of the drama.