What is it Like to Play Osama Bin Laden?
(Sony Pictures)
The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” takes viewers along on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
And in the movie, British actor Ricky Sekhon has the job of playing the al-Qaeda leader, mostly after he is killed.
Sekhon’s appearance in the film was brief, but his preparations were not.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ricky Sekhon about being Bin Laden.
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