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Joel Kinnaman portrays former CIA analyst John Nixon in TNT’s limited series “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam,” where he interrogates Waleed Zuaiter’s depiction of a defiant Saddam Hussein. Kinnaman says Zuaiter’s striking physical resemblance to the Iraqi dictator—especially when light hit his face—made the scenes more intense, prompting his reaction, “Holy fuck! It’s Saddam!” The series dramatizes the interrogation following Saddam’s capture by U.S. forces in December 2003. Kinnaman highlighted both Zuaiter’s strong performance and the visual similarity as key factors that eased his own portrayal of the CIA analyst.

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