Former football star Michael Owen has been spotted in Egypt as he prepares to appear on the big screen in one of the top ten grossing movies.
Owen, 44,’s surprise appearance in the football film “Al-Harifa 2” came ten years after he previously announced that he “hates movies.”
A photo of Owen in Cairo appeared on the X (formerly Twitter) platform smiling, as he prepared for his special appearance. Football fans have discovered a poster for the film featuring the former Ballon d’Or winner.
🏴elektrik Owen, the legendary British star Michael Owen, went to Egypt to star in the movie “El Hareefa 2″📽️ pic.twitter.com/bTJT8DDJJN
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“Al-Harifa 2” is a sequel to the original film “Al-Harifa”, which was released earlier this year. The events of the film, which has an IMDb rating of 6.4, revolve around a teenage soccer player named Majed, who transfers from a private school to a public school, and faces his fate with the soccer team. foot on the street.
Interestingly, this sudden move to cinema comes ten years after Owen’s hatred of cinema came to light. In 2014, Owen wrote on X: “I watched my eighth movie on the plane on the way back.
On the same day, he also posted a list of movies he had to watch: “Rocky, Heat, Ghost, Jurassic Park, Shrimp Race, Don’t Bend Over, Kung Fu Panda, Forrest Gump.”
This is not the first time that Owen tried to move into the world of cinema, because he also appeared in the film “Goal 2: Living the Dream”, which was released in 2007.
The film “Al-Harifa 2” is expected to be shown in Egyptian cinemas on December 4 and in Arab cinemas the following day.
Owen began his tourist journey by visiting iconic monuments such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza.
Since retiring in 2013, Owen has made a name for himself in the sport of horse racing as an owner and breeder, establishing the Manu House stable in Malpas, and one of his horses won, Zoffy, Chester Cup, £170,000 race, May last.
Owen remains familiar to football fans thanks to his appearances as a sports pundit on TNT Sports.
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