A Jordanian actor has reportedly died while filming a death scene for a TV soap opera, Arabic media have reported.
Mahmoud al-Sawalqa died on the set of the soap opera Blood Brothers, in front of actor Mundhir Rihane, who was playing his son, Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm reported on Tuesday.
Rihane was in a state of shock after the death on Saturday, the report said, quoting a statement from his office.
In a telephone interview with Egypt's CBC television, Rihane recounted the tragic event.
"He said, 'Son, I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'You're joking'. He said, 'I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'no, no, no, you're joking'," Rihane told the broadcaster.
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"And at the moment that we were filming the scene, he was dying... the angel of death was there with me."
Al-Sawalqa was reportedly a well-known actor in Jordanian television serials.
