Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticHaving already pocketed a Golden Globe for the first season of Ramy, the often laconically blistering Hulu series brought some powerhouse hardware on board for Season 2, literally and figuratively.“We were writing in the writers room for about a month and then someone at Hulu called me and said, ‘Hey, Mahershala Ali loves your show and wants to talk with you on the phone,’” star and co-creator Ramy Youssef said during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event.
The conversation resulted in the two-time Oscar winner joining the series playing a mentoring sheikh at the spiritually struggling title character’s new mosque.
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