Jefferson Hall Unveiled As Lead Actor In Emirati Director Nayla Al Khaja’s MENA-Set Thriller ‘Three’ As Principal Photography Wraps + First Images
21.06.2023 - 06:05
/ deadline.com
Jefferson Hall has been announced as the lead actor in Emirati film director and producer Nayla Al Khaja’s psychological thriller Three.
Set in a bustling modern-day Middle Eastern city, the drama revolves around the case of a young boy whose increasingly strange leads his mother to believe he is possessed.
UK actor Hall, whose credits include House of the Dragon, Halloween and Oppenheimer, plays a Western doctor who is consulted by the mother as she tries to get to the bottom of what is wrong with her son.
Hall stars alongside a mainly Emirati cast featuring model and actress Faten Ahmed as the mother, Noura Alabed (Wiladah), veteran actor Mari Al Halyan (On Borrowed Time) and newcomer Saud Alzarooni as well as Jordanian actor Mohannad Bin Huthail (Rashash).
Three is Al Khaja’s first feature after a number of well-travelled short films including The Neighbour, Animal and The Shadow.
Al Khaja directed and produced the film and also co-wrote the drama with Ben Williams
The production was filmed in Thailand and the UAE over a period of 24 days, with principal photography wrapping last week. The production has released a raft of first images and behind-the-scenes photos.
Three was produced by Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Daniel Zirilli, Jean-Charles Levy, and Nayla Al Khaja, with executive producers spanning Muna Easa Al Gurg, Jefferson Hall, Siddharth Thakker, and Rasik Thakker.
It is being billed as a milestone in the history of UAE Arab cinema for its storyline intertwining a Western character into a story with an Emirati family at its core —a situation that is rarely depicted on film.
“I am thrilled to have wrapped my feature debut; this project is the collective efforts of 250 gifted artists who came together to