Atta yaqub biography of abraham

Atta Yaqub is a Scotsman very much in touch with his Asian roots, essential qualities to play the confused but likeable Casim in Ken Loach's cross-cultural Romeo And Juliet story Ae Fond Kiss.

Away from the screen, the 25-year-old part-time model works as a youth counsellor, has a degree in IT management, and never seriously thought about an acting career until he was cast in this, his first film.

As this marked your screen debut, was it important to you to draw a distinct line between yourself and Casim?

I didn't think about it actually.

I think there were certain inferences that Ken was able to draw out from my own character.

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But I didn't think about giving much of myself away because at the end of the day I was acting, I wasn't playing myself. I could appreciate what Casim was going through, and thought about how I would react in certain situations that I'd been through which were similar.

That made it a bit easier, but I didn't see too many similarities.

Ken Loach famously