{"id":4900,"date":"2019-09-20T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2019-09-20T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T08:13:52","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-actor-playing-king-abdulaziz-upcoming-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/influencers\/everything-you-need-to-know-actor-playing-king-abdulaziz-upcoming-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Everything You Need To Know About The Actor Playing The Role Of King AbdulAziz In An Upcoming Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A film depicting the history of Saudi Arabia and focusing on the lives of the royal family has wrapped production recently and is to be released soon &#8211; including a premiere in Saudi Arabia, of course.<\/p>\n<h2>The film is starring a number of major international stars as well as emerging Saudi actors<\/h2>\n<p>Rakan Abdulwahid is the 32-year-old Saudi actor who plays King Abdul Aziz in the film and has already stolen the spotlight in the film&#8217;s trailer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Born a King Official Trailer\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqoRXLAq9J8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the casting is as authentic as it gets &#8211; the actor comes from a tribe that has held strong ties with the House of Saud for decades and Abdulwahid also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1556916\/saudi-arabia\">told a local newspaper<\/a> that his great grandfather even fought alongside the founder of Saudi Arabia at one point!<\/p>\n<p>Abdulwahid, who speaks Arabic, English, French, and Spanish fluently, also states that he read absolutely everything he could about the late king before preparing for the role.<\/p>\n<p>The actor who was born in the US and raised in the Kingdom is also a\u00a0rapper, singer, model and designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A film depicting the history of Saudi Arabia and focusing on the lives of the royal family has wrapped production recently and is to be released soon &#8211; including a premiere in Saudi Arabia, of course. 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