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Baz Ashmawy’s Darkly Comic Series ‘Faithless’ Is Picking Up The Irish Comedy Baton And Running With It
Baz Ashmawy's 'Faithless' is Ireland's latest comedy-drama breakout.
Written by and starring Baz Ashmawy, known primarily for his TV travelogs and Sky’s 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, the darkly comic series charts how a widowed Irish-Egyptian father in Dublin attempts to raise three young girls, while exploring issues such as grief, gender roles, identity and acceptance. Banshees of Inisherin casting director Louise Kiely was called on, and the likes of Amir El Masry ( Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, SAS Rogue Heroes), Suzie Seweify ( Harry Wild, Peter Pan), Raad Rawi ( Holby City, Tyrant) and Art Campion ( Derry Girls, Peaky Blinders) landed key roles. The casting of daughters Lina (Suzie Seweify), middle child Layla (Noor Salem) and youngest Nancy (Carmen Rose Youssef) was critical — as young Irish females from mixed backgrounds, they were able to identify with the themes around identity and race.
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