Nicolas Mouawad to star in film by 'Mad Max' director George Miller

'This year keeps getting better for me,' the Lebanese actor said, speaking from the El Gouna Film Festival

Nicolas Mouawad will be starring in an upcoming film by 'Mad Max' director George Miller. Hisham Abdel Khalek / Twitter

Nicolas Mouawad is to star in an upcoming film by Mad Max director George Miller, the Lebanese actor revealed earlier this week.

Though not much is known about the film at this point, Mouawad said that he felt "blessed to be able to take part in such a movie with a legend like Miller", whose adventure animation Happy Feet won the 2007 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

"I'm actually super happy and super excited to shoot it," he told Scoop Empire during a conversation at the El Gouna Film Festival. "Working with this person for me means the world, so I'm very happy I have the chance to do it."

Mouawad said that filming was scheduled to start in May this year. However, production for the film was postponed because of the pandemic. He did not reveal when filming is now due to take place, but he did say he was going to Australia to shoot the film.

"This year keeps getting better for me," Mouawad said. The film and television actor is one of the new hosts of the talk show A'det Regala's third season, which just debuted on OSN. The actor also recently joined the cast of the Egyptian thriller Mako.

The upcoming Miller film will not be the first English language film Mouawad has starred in. In 2019, he took on the role of the patriarch Abraham in the as yet unreleased David Helling film, His Only Son.

Mouawad began his career in television in 2003 as a host on the daily live show Rotana Cafe. His first acting opportunity came through Marwan Najjar's 2006 television drama Helm Athar.

Since then he has starred in a number of television films and series, including Zero 4 and Ruby, for which he won the Murex d'Or for Best Actor in 2013.

That same year, he also nabbed the Best Lead Actor Award at the London International Film Festival for his role in the 2012 drama Takaseem El Hob. He was also one of the stars featured in the 2013 Arabic version of Dancing With The Stars.