Khalil, played by Laith Nakli, perks up and races to scribble on his notepad.
And as he helps promote the film, he’s speaking out about a side of himself that few people have seen.
Laith Nakli, actorThe crime could have led to his deportation.
… That pressure is just completely unfair.”Actor Laith Nakli plays an earnest immigration lawyer in "Problemista."
The cloud Nakli feels every day wasn’t literally depicted on-screen, but Nakli says he saw it clearly hovering over Alejandro’s every move.
Persons:
CNN —, ”, tepidly, “, Julio Torres, Khalil, Torres ’ Alejandro, Alejandro, ” Alejandro, Laith Nakli, ” Khalil, Elizabeth Asencio, Tilda Swinton, Elizabeth, Jon, Torres, it’s, “ I’ve, I’ve, “ Problemista’s, Nakli, It’s, who’d, Mr, Nasim Awad, ” Nakli, he’d, Marvel, Obama, hasn’t, That’s, He’s, he’s, you’d, ” Torres, Critics, haven’t, Larry Owens, toymaker Alejandro's, Isabella Rosselini, Ramy Youssef, Nakli’s, Laith, ” Youssef, “ He’s, Uncle Naseem, Ramy Youseff, Craig Blankenhorn, who’s, Julie In, Hayley Wilson
Organizations:
CNN, Khalil Immigration, SNL, Customs, Craigslist, Justice, Globe, Service
Locations:
United States, Salvadoran, El Salvador, “, New York, Damascus, Syria, King Kong, Texas, —, Hulu, America, “ Problemista