Artist Mohamed Gomaa
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The Egyptian artist confirmed to Al Arabiya.net that the child Adam, with whom he participated in the “visit”, is a talented and professional child
There has become a new and different form presented by television drama, in an attempt to attract a large audience outside the Ramadan season, which is what the series “Every Week A Story” tried to present, which presents every five episodes of a different dramatic story, so that the Egyptian artist Mohamed Gomaa presents the story of “Visit” that achieved A great success and extraordinary interaction with the audience, and topped the trend for several days, confirming in his interview with Al Arabiya.net that he was excited to work in this series as if he was presenting a movie, and he was very happy to work with director Mohamed Hamaki, because he is a conscious director and has a way of directing the actor as well. .
What drew you to participate in this work?
** Difference.. The series “Every Week a Story” although it consists of 30 episodes, is a separate story. The events of each story revolve in 5 episodes about family and social problems, but they intersect so that the end of each story delivers the next story, which makes the viewer Related to work all the time in what is similar to the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, also the series Light is not devoid of the comic and romantic side and achieves a lot of diversity that ensures that most family members are attached to it.
* What motivated you to the story “Visit”?
** I really liked the idea of presenting short topics that are presented extensively to people in 5 episodes, similar to a movie, and I was also very excited about the story because I embody the role of a person who has a child, and the circumstances of life put pressure on him, and make him separate from his wife, and the events do not proceed at a uniform pace, so after the episode Third, we are seeing a big change.
A behind-the-scenes snapshot of “The Visit”
Muhammad Juma and the child Adam
*This is the first time that you cooperate with director Mohamed Hamaki?
** Indeed, it is the first time that we cooperate together, as there have been attempts before to work together, but the circumstances did not want, so I was pleased to work with director Mohamed Hamaki in the series, as he is a conscious director and understands well how to direct the actor.
How was the preparation for work?
** I gathered working sessions with the director Mohamed Hamaki and also the author Mustafa Gamal Hashem, and there was also communication with the actress Noha Abdeen, to agree on what we want to say through the series and how to express it, and after we settled on the final form, I began drawing the features and details of the character.
* Aren’t you afraid of the idea of working in it as “absolute heroism” for you?
** I have not been afraid of this matter, in the end I embody a character in a work of art, whether I am the hero of the work or a part of it, and I care in the first place to embody the character well, just as the story of the visit talks about a visit from people, people and events that we all live and happen around us Whether in our homes or with our friends and stories we have passed through, the important thing is that we raise a problem from many angles and present a solution to the public.
the visit
How did you find your participation in working with a child like Adam?
** Adam is a talented child, and he participated with me before in the series “Shbar Maya”, and he is a very clever and professional child who does not tire me during filming. I greatly enjoyed cooperating with him, and we had many very impressive scenes, and I can say very honestly that I was talking With a sense of personality from Adam, I looked into his eyes and felt that I was not separated from work, although cooperation with children in general is somewhat stressful, but cooperation with Adam was different because he is a professional and talented child.
Did you expect the business to achieve all this success?
** I did not expect all this success, but I am very happy, of course, with the audience that the story got and the great interaction with the viewers, which made it top the trend on social media and social media, and it reaped high viewership rates, and I enjoyed the cooperation with the entire work team, because the scenario is a major reason For my agreement to play the story championship, especially since it includes interesting, coherent and unexpected events.
What is your assessment of the idea of the five-episode series?
** The 5-episode series, for me, are of new and good quality, and are similar to short films. The social drama that you discuss can convey a quick and simple message, and it did not need to extend to 30 episodes, which makes it more fun. This does not mean that the 30-episode series are important. and its audience.
Do you think that television drama is more important than cinema?
** No, the two have their importance and their audience, and the art makers must address all audiences and in all places, and I think that the speed of the arrival of television drama has become more than that of cinema.
Al-Ahar series
* Have digital platforms pulled the rug from television?
** Until now, digital platforms have not pulled the rug from television, but they are on their way to do so with the development of technology, and it is possible to pull it because human nature is the search for the best, and unfortunately electronic platforms have become more dependent on quality than television screens, as there are consumer dramas, not artistic, and television is killing itself in front of the platforms.
* What are your new works?
** I finished filming 10 episodes of the series “Seeb and I Leave”, starring Ahmed Al-Saadani and Hana Al-Zahed, and it is scheduled to be shown outside the upcoming Ramadan 2023 season through the “Shahid” platform. I also finished filming 5 episodes of the story “Visit” in the series “Zay Al-Qamar”, and it is scheduled to be shown soon. Beirut, where I embody the role of “Sheta”, and he was raised in a shelter, and he is also the close friend of “Mustafa Al-Ajhar”, which is the character in which the artist Amr Saad appears, with whom I grew up since childhood in the orphanage and formed a strong friendship between them, and accompanies him until his life turns I am also filming the movie “Shaqo” with Amr Youssef, Mohamed Mamdouh and Dina El-Sherbiny.
