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Interview with Waleed Zuaiter of “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam” on TNT by Suzanne 9/29/26
This is such a good miniseries. If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s just 8 episodes of outstanding drama. The writing and directing team ably combines military action scenes with political and personal drama. Joel Kinnaman brings his chameleonic acting to the role of John Nixon, a CIA operative who is able to finagle his way to Iraq and find Saddam Hussein because he’s also a historian who thinks he knows everything about the dictator. He’s a bit obsessed with him, in fact. The miniseries is based on Nixon’s book, “Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein.” Last week we had a nice chat with Waleed Zuaiter, who co-starred with Kinnaman, playing Saddam Hussein. His transformation is no less amazing that Kinnaman’s. He shares his unique perspective about Hussein and Iraq. Please enjoy the video and the series!
You can watch the series on TNT, On Demand, or on streaming. New episodes of the political thriller premiere on subsequent Sunday and Monday evenings at 9pm ET/PT, culminating with the finale on Sunday, October 4 on TNT.
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WALEED ZUAITER, WHO STARS AS SADDAM HUSSEIN IN TNT’S
“HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM”
Inspired by the memoir “Debriefing the President” by CIA analyst John Nixon.
Critics are praising Zuaiter’s portrayal of Hussain, calling his performance “outstanding,” “ferociously engaging,” and the “shining light” of the series, with one critic noting, “he has such gravitas in this role that you are instantly hooked to the screen as you watch the manipulation and psychological games unfold.”
Zuaiter is a Palestinian-American actor and producer whose credits include The Girlfriend, London Has 
Fallen and The Men Who Stare at Goats. He was a producer on Omar, which won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and then scored an Oscar nom for Best Foreign Language Film. See here for his casting announcement for HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Inspired by the memoir “Debriefing the President” by CIA analyst John Nixon, the eight-episode political thriller premiered September 13 with new episodes on Sunday and Monday evenings at 9pm ET/PT, culminating with the finale on Sunday, October 4 on TNT.
For the first time, HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM brings to television screens the story of John Nixon (Joel Kinnaman), 
the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein (Waleed Zuaiter) following his capture in December 2003. Set against the backdrop of one of the most consequential military operations in recent history, the pulse-pounding series explores the high-stakes exchanges between Nixon and Hussein. As Nixon seeks answers from the former Iraqi leader in his search for weapons of mass destruction, he is forced to confront the far-reaching consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ramifications that would reverberate around the world for decades to come.
Kinnaman leads an ensemble cast that includes Zuaiter (The Girlfriend), Lena Góra (The Eastern Gate), Rebecca Night (Fanny Hill), Tom Berenger (Platoon, Hatfields & McCoys), Paul Ryan (Brexit), Christopher McDonald (Hacks), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Matt Barr (Blood & Treasure), Ewan Miller (The Gray House), and Talia Balsam (Mad Men).
Proofread and Edited by Brenda
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