Missive From Morocco #6 – Anatomy of an Assassination
I died last night. Literally… “General Yuya” bit the dust and that’s what you get when you refuse loyalty to a child king. Tutankhamun may have been the chosen pharaoh of […]
Alexander Siddig
Missive From Morocco #5 – critical crew
Making television is a high pressure gig. If you’re in a crucial position, one mistake will have you packing your bags– fired and replaced– before the footage gets downloaded from the camera. The […]
Missive From Morocco #4 – movie magic
Movie magic… it’s what keeps us seated in front of luminous screens, large and small, for countless hours on end. When you’re behind the scenes of a large scale production like SpikeTV’s Tut, […]
Missive From Morocco #3 – tug of war
One of the most evocative symbols in hieroglyphics is the Eye of Horace, god of the pharaohs, often depicted as a human with a falcon head, which is a nice head […]
Missive From Morocco #2 – allies & enemies
5:30 am and I’m ferreting in the dark for a snooze button. My alarm is weaker than usual. Maybe I forgot to kick the volume up before I hit the sack. What’s […]
Missive From Morocco #1 – the adventure begins
Week one of working on Tut, Spike TV’s maiden drama series, directed by David Von Ancken and starring Sir Ben Kingsley. I’m playing a general in King Tut’s army and I’ve been knee […]