Actor Khalid Abdalla answers a student's questions on ThinkTalk

THE KITE RUNNER Actor Khalid Abdalla talks to ThinkTalk about his Egyptian heritage,how he used that to shape his portrayal of Amir, and the trials of learning a new language.
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[Ravenhead1983]

He is so gorgeous.

[MrLilyaya]

egyptians are the best.

[CESSNALUVER175]

@TheKonrad1984

He PLAYED Ziad Jarrah in another film that he was in called United 93

[sachalovestwilight]

i like him :D

[balletgirl21100]

@davidchanfaizy they r the cutest hottest actors i've ever seen!

[valdepulchrapuella]

@bballgirlj955 I know! I loved his voice.

[aafarinbachem]

what a stupid student!!!

[FatmaReda]

@buhaybaboy is learning how to say good morning in german means u can speak the whole language like it was ur first language?? i can say "hi my name is fatma" in french and german but that doesn't mean i can speak french and german, and when ppl ask me how many languages do u speak i say arabic and english and i don't say french or german

after all i wasn't talking to u anyway when i said that i learned english in one week

[buhaybaboy]

@FatmaReda I learned German in 2 seconds in the fucking internet and I can say good morning in german, so shut the fuck up.

[CourtneyLiisa]

OH MY GOD?! He's not an Afghan?! What the fuck?! Oh my god! He's fucking talented. :O

[PanshirTv]

@FatmaReda look honey you think you learn it is not learning i saw this movie he has some heavey texts to read and his pronounciation is perfect.