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The Egyptian-British actor, best known for roles in The Crown, The Night Manager and A Haunting in Venice has been tapped to play the British world featherweight boxing champion in the sports drama Giant. He will star opposite the former James Bond actor as Hamed's Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle. Giant is the true story of Hamed's humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker-turned-boxing trainer. "Their unlikely partnership along with Naz's unorthodox style, cocky persona and sheer dominance in the ring, propelled them to the top…”