SAN DIEGO, 26 October — An American film company, aiming to produce a film of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington, has made overtures to several Arab students in this Californian city to accept roles in the movie.
Faras Al- Anazi, a Saudi student studying English in an institute, was surprised when representatives of the company offered him the role of a hijacker in the proposed film. He was also offered $200,000 for doing the role. It was later learned that these representatives tried to tempt several other Arab students in the city with similar offers for the same role. “I rejected the $200,000 offer as I do not trust companies that make movies which tarnish the image of Islam or my country. I don’t want to be a party to it,” Al-Anazi said.
Muhammad Al-Ahmad, a student from Kuwait, said the firm’s representatives with a similar offer too approached him. They asked him to play the role of a hijacker for $200,000. But he too rejected this proposal outright. The company till now has met with little success in its approach to the Arab students. But the film companies are still targeting the Arabs in the hope that some would accept their offer to play the part of an hijacker.
