Actor Kumail Nanjiani on accepting a non-comedic role

25/11/2022 30 min
Actor Kumail Nanjiani on accepting a non-comedic role

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After writing and starring in the film “The Big Sick” in 2017, actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani says writer-director and producer Robert Siegel (“Pam and Tommy,” “Big Fan,” “The Wrestler”) approached him with an idea to make a drama film about the American stripper troupe Chippandales. At the time, Nanjiani turned it down.