“Who is leading the game?” … the full story of the “When We Were Young” heroes dispute (photos)

On the days that separate us from the dramatic Ramadan season, production companies are competing against time to finish filming, and strong criticism is being pursued due to continued work within the plateaus in light of the spread of the new Corona virus, and despite calls for social divergence to reduce the chances of transmission.

This atmosphere was not enough for the family of the series “When We Was Young”, since another battle took place between the heroes of the work after the launch of posters, posters “Posters”, on Saturday, the actress Reham Hajjaj appears in the first shot, and was succeeded by the great artist Mahmoud Hamida, as well as by actor Khaled Al Nabawi.

Khaled al-Nabawi protested the series’ “posters”, threatening to withdraw for what he considered a “deliberate smear campaign”, explaining: “I do not and do not agree with the media on the streets or in the streets. social networks and any propaganda read, audio or written. “

A series when we were little

The “Prophet” issued a furious statement after the series’ propaganda poster appeared on the channel’s “Al-Hayat” page, saying, “I informed producer Mr. I disagreed, and he He also reported that this propaganda was not carried out by his company, and that he does not know anything about it, and that unfortunately it will be corrected immediately. It has not happened yet. “

Hazem Shafiq, President of Al-Hayat TV, commented on the statement of “The Prophet”, saying: “We are proud of the presence of the artist Khaled Al-Nabawi on the screen of the life of this Ramadan, and we would like to make it clear that all the propaganda material that we publish or appear on the streets for all series is received from production companies ».

“Shafiq” added: “The production companies depend on the use, and we don’t specify the size or location of the photos. This is their issue in their contracts with the stars. As for the series (when we were young), the materials approvals were received from the production company (Art Makers), which is run by producer Ahmed Abdel-Ati. ” .

Khaled al-Nabawi referred the matter to the Union of Representative Professions and said: “I spoke a lot with Mr. Captain of the Actors about my great damage to the distortion that is published, and that I do not agree with any propaganda that is published permanently , and that my contract does not stipulate that. My contract contains full respect for those who are older than me, art and age, and has full respect for my art and my name, as well as the principles and rules ».

He added in his statement: “The respected producer promised to implement the publicity materials so that his company would correct the image and all the errors that occurred, and I hope, God willing, that it will happen soon. Just like the Honorable Mr., the Captain of the Actors also promised me. In the end, I would definitely say that there are more people in charge of correcting the inverted pyramid than me, because nobody can do it alone. And since no one is responsible alone, it seems clear to me right now that retirement is the solution. “

To please everyone, Art Makers then put up the official poster for the series “When We Were Young”, and Mahmoud Hamida and Khaled Al-Nabawi are shown sitting in chairs in the foreground, while Reham Hajjaj mediates a bit between them and in the background.

A series when we were little

“When We were Young,” starring Mahmoud Hamida, Khaled El Nabawy, and Reham Hajjaj, the series is produced by Art Makers by Ahmed Abdel Atty, written by Ayman Salama, directed by Mohamed Ali, and the company has finished filming more than 60% of the scenes in the series, and being completed The rest of the scenes are to catch up with the Ramadan 2020 race that will be shown on Al-Hayat, DMC and Egyptian television channels.