Domenic Cooper who first gained notice on stage and screen for his performance as the smolderingly sexy Dakin in The History Boys brings that same persona in playing Uday Hussein the eldest of Saddam Hussein's two sons who helped him rule Iraq until the late war brought him down. Only time will tell what his successors will be able to do with the government the western allies left in his place. Cooper also plays Latif Yahya who was Uday's body double much as Clifton Jones was the double for Field Marshal Montgomery in the second World War in real life and on screen in I Was Monty's Double.
Jones was asked and impersonated Monty as a matter of patriotic duty. Cooper asked Cooper in a way he'd better not refuse in The Devil's Double.
The most adamant opponents of the late Iraq War officially over days ago now hold no brief for Saddam Hussein. Iraq's capital is Baghdad and he ruled it in the same manner as a modern Caliph. Uday the elder son was the chosen successor and he acted more like a modern Caligula. If he wanted this guy who many noted in the past bore more than a passing resemblance to Uday than he just took his services or his entire family might well disappear.
Cooper does wonderfully carefully underplaying as Latif and then going over the top in a part that demands it as Uday. The film is based on a novel that Latif once out of Iraq had ghostwritten, the better for dramatic cohesion. It actually doesn't take too much liberties with the facts out there about this Caligula wannabe.
The Devil's Double is a thought provoking film that is definitely not for the squeamish and quite the indictment against absolute power, especially in some terribly wrong hands.
Jones was asked and impersonated Monty as a matter of patriotic duty. Cooper asked Cooper in a way he'd better not refuse in The Devil's Double.
The most adamant opponents of the late Iraq War officially over days ago now hold no brief for Saddam Hussein. Iraq's capital is Baghdad and he ruled it in the same manner as a modern Caliph. Uday the elder son was the chosen successor and he acted more like a modern Caligula. If he wanted this guy who many noted in the past bore more than a passing resemblance to Uday than he just took his services or his entire family might well disappear.
Cooper does wonderfully carefully underplaying as Latif and then going over the top in a part that demands it as Uday. The film is based on a novel that Latif once out of Iraq had ghostwritten, the better for dramatic cohesion. It actually doesn't take too much liberties with the facts out there about this Caligula wannabe.
The Devil's Double is a thought provoking film that is definitely not for the squeamish and quite the indictment against absolute power, especially in some terribly wrong hands.