What is it Like to Play Osama Bin Laden?

The World

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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