Kingdom of Heaven portrays one of the most legendary of Middle Eastern heroes, Saladin. Moviegoers in the Middle East will be watching Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud closely, to be sure he gets the ...

"Kingdom of Heaven" navigates through ... portrait of the legendary warrior Saladin, strikingly impersonated by Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud. But once all the intricate historical needle-threading ...

just as the Muslim leader Saladin is trying to hold off fanatics in his own camp. It is, inevitably, a losing battle. TURAN: The star of "Kingdom of Heaven" is not the script or any of the actors ...

In the digital age, conjuring up castles and cavalry charges no longer required a cast of ... after Saladin’s catapults did their work, and the three-hour Kingdom of Heaven, with a story that ...

Hence, Mr. Scott and Mr. Monohan get no extra brownie points for “tolerance” in their respectful portrayal of Saladin, played by Syrian actor and filmmaker Ghassan Massoud. Kingdom of Heaven ...

But Saladin certainly ... You’ve talked about Kingdom of Heaven being a transition point for you. How do you think it changed how people viewed you as an actor? You’ve said “The Arab roles ...

Any critic that says otherwise should have to undergo the torture of watching Kingdom of Heaven again just to see that he is a talented actor that rises above the script when he has to.

From medieval weaponry to the fortress walls of Jerusalem, “Kingdom of Heaven” is rich ... the battlefield ethics of Muslim ruler Saladin (Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud). Between the Second ...

The timing couldn't be better for Kingdom Of Heaven, a Ridley Scott-directed film ... then moves back to the city itself as it comes under siege by Saladin (Ghassan Massoud).

In Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott’s handsome but curiously ... fury we’ve come to expect from films that feature a cast of digital thousands. Men in chain-mail armor, their white shields ...

Kingdom of Heaven ... Saladin’s fireballs catapulted at Balian’s castle strike an eerie resemblance to the "shock and awe" of the U.S.-led coalition’s initial assault on Iraq. The actors ...