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London: A 21-year-old
actress, who has worked in the controversial film that allegedly
insults Islam, has said the film-maker duped her into taking a
starring role, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.
The young actress, Anna Gurji, is now living in fear for her life,
the daily said.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula - aka Sam Bacile - has been named by the
FBI as the 55-year-old director responsible for "Innocence Of
Muslims".
Nakoula is an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian. Now living in
California, he is a convicted drug dealer and conman who was
released from jail in June last year.
Gurji, who the Daily Mail said plays a character's child bride,
spoke of her fear of reprisals and how she was "betrayed" by
Nakoula.
"I was playing the youngest bride of a character named 'George'. I
had no idea George would be changed to Mohammad. I'm locked up in
my house. I'm terrified people in the Middle East will blame me,"
she was quoted as saying.
"I'm Catholic so they might think I have something against
Muslims. I'm taking pills to sleep. I've been crying for days. I
feel betrayed. My face is stuck on the movie clip. People see that
awful film and they see me," she said.
Gurji told the Daily Mail she and her fellow actors believed they
were making an action film called "Desert Warrior" and that
Nakoula never discussed religion.
"I was told I was to be Hilary, the young bride of a character
called George," she said.
"The film was about a comet that falls to Earth in the ancient
Middle East. There are different tribes who think the comet is
somehow holy and fight over it."
"There were supposed to be lots of special effects so a lot of the
filming was in front of a green screen. It was super low-budget. I
was getting $75 a day and all my scenes were shot with George
against the green screen. I had no idea how it would be twisted,"
she said.
"Maybe I'm naive but no warning bells went off. I auditioned,
showed up and did my lines. None of us involved in it had any idea
there was a secret agenda," the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.
The crudely-made 13-minute English-language film, was filmed in
California and circulated on the internet under several titles
including "Innocence of Muslims".
The film sparked a violent protest at the US consulate in Libya's
Benghazi city, in which the US ambassador and three other
Americans were killed. Protests have spread to other countries
across the Muslim world.
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