Wael Zuaiter in "The Pink Panther"


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When Wael was living in Italy he used to sometimes be an extra in films in order to have some money. During my research I discovered that Wael Zuaiter had a role as a waiter when he was an extra in Peter Seller's film The Pink Panther, Rome, Cinecitta Studios, 1963. According to Janet he was so charismatic that the director picked him out of the crowd and offered him a speaking part but each time he got in front of the camera and they said; "Ready! Shoot!" he froze and forgot all his lines. After Janet described the scene to me I managed to find 3 glimpses of him. Janet told me she was quite disappointed when the film came out, as she sat through it twice only to see that he was a quick flash across the screen.-Emily Jacir