Iranian Actor Moaadi Stars In US Film

Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA - The lead male role in Oscar-winning ‘A Separation’, Peyman Moaadi has made it again in the lead male role, this time in a US-produced movie, titled ‘Camp X-Ray’. The flick sees Moaadi playing an eight-year-long Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who forges an uncanny friendship with the female lead, played by Kristen Stewart, wrote Mondayˈs edition of ˈIran Dailyˈ. Pvt. Amy Cole, Stewart’s character in the film, which had originally been written for a male, has opted for the military over her suffocating small town life, only to find out she has to serve at Gitmo instead of Iraq. The friendship leads to the private’s questioning the nature of the notorious prison. Peter Sattler’s directorial debut, ‘Camp X-Ray’ premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is due for US screening on October 17. New York-based American film distribution company IFC Films has released the first trailer for the movie.