Is Mohamed Mamdouh “Tyson” really getting his due in Egypt as a great actor?
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I always see Tyson as a really, really great actor. The first time I saw him was in The Blue Elephant — part one — and honestly his scenes used to choke me up; I was young and didn’t realize he was delivering such a powerful performance like that. Later I went back and looked for his confrontation scene with Karim Abdel Aziz where he says something like, “I sat seven years, I overflowed the quota in Qatar, Egypt, Fayoum or something like that”… I really enjoyed his tone of voice, his eyes, everything. I feel how brilliant the scene is, and even the backstory for that character is genius by Ahmed Mourad. But my real love for Tyson began in 2017 with the series Don’t Turn Off the Sun — that was the year I started watching Arab series and got over the Western-only complex I had. I discovered there are really great Arabic shows, like Wanos for example. But forget Wanos for now. Mohamed Mamdouh’s performance throughout Don’t Turn Off the Sun was phenomenal — unreal — and since that show he’s been my favorite actor, truly. So after all this rambling… do you think he’s actually getting his due, or is he being marginalized?
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