DUBAI: The ideal funny commonly mirrors the real world. When the makers behind “Tahir’s House,” Saudi Arabia’s very first Netflix initial funny collection, took a seat to cast Azizah– the young child of the show’s Jeddah- based family members– they pictured a woman that in their estimate completely stood for the future generation of Saudi females. She would certainly be whip-smart and quick-witted, a birthed leader with an eager eye on the remainder of the globe. In spreading Saudi actress and TikTok celebrity Joud Alsufyani, they obtained closer than they can have fantasized.
“It honestly felt like Joud was born to play this part,” the show’s supervisor Sultan Al-Abdulmohsen informsArab News “We really couldn’t believe it.”
The largest shock came throughout the tryout. In one scene, Alsufyani’s Azizah was …