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After a role in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, he's been cast in a buzzy new HBO movie about billionaires during a financial crisis. Here's my conversation with actor, creator and comedian Rami Youssef.

After a role in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, he's been cast in a buzzy new HBO movie about billionaires during a financial crisis. Here's my conversation with actor, creator and comedian Rami Youssef.

Hey.

Hey.

I'm really excited to sit down with you.

I'm really excited to sit down with you.

You are in Utah right now, right?

You are in Utah right now, right?

And you're filming a movie and it's directed by Jesse Armstrong, the Jesse Armstrong, who created Succession, one of my favorite shows. Correct me if I'm wrong. It's about a group of billionaire friends who get together during the financial crisis.

And you're filming a movie and it's directed by Jesse Armstrong, the Jesse Armstrong, who created Succession, one of my favorite shows. Correct me if I'm wrong. It's about a group of billionaire friends who get together during the financial crisis.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah. I mean, one of the things that I absolutely love about his work is just how sharp the dialogue always is and the characters are drawn so beautifully and with so much nuance.

Yeah. I mean, one of the things that I absolutely love about his work is just how sharp the dialogue always is and the characters are drawn so beautifully and with so much nuance.

So you yourself have a new project. Yeah. It's called Number One Happy Family USA, which is a great name. Thank you. It's an animated show. Yeah. And it centers around a Muslim American family during 9-11. And it's really very, very funny.

So you yourself have a new project. Yeah. It's called Number One Happy Family USA, which is a great name. Thank you. It's an animated show. Yeah. And it centers around a Muslim American family during 9-11. And it's really very, very funny.

And I found it almost hopeful somehow that something like this can now be made, a comedy about one of the most terrible days in American history from the perspective of a Muslim American family. Why did you want to make this show now?

And I found it almost hopeful somehow that something like this can now be made, a comedy about one of the most terrible days in American history from the perspective of a Muslim American family. Why did you want to make this show now?

I tell you what resonated for me as someone who also comes from an immigrant family, came to this country, you know, it speaks to something wider than the Muslim American experience because the dad in the show is sort of desperately trying to prove his loyalty to America. And it keeps literally in some cases blowing up in his face. Yeah.

I tell you what resonated for me as someone who also comes from an immigrant family, came to this country, you know, it speaks to something wider than the Muslim American experience because the dad in the show is sort of desperately trying to prove his loyalty to America. And it keeps literally in some cases blowing up in his face. Yeah.