{"id":751116,"date":"2026-06-21T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751116\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:56:10","slug":"breaking-bad-and-better-call-saul-star-giancarlo-esposito-accepts-islamic-faith-after-shooting-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751116\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Breaking Bad\u2019 and \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019 star Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islamic faith after shooting in Saudi Arabia |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131890388.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Breaking Bad\u2019 and \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019 star Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islamic faith after shooting in Saudi Arabia\" title=\"Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islam as his faith in Saudi Arabia\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islam as his faith in Saudi Arabia <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/giancarlo-esposito\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giancarlo Esposito<\/a>, who is best known for his roles in projects like \u2018Breaking Bad\u2019, \u2018The Boys\u2019, and \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019, has officially converted to Islam. According to recent reports, the acclaimed actor recited the Shahada along with the cast and crew members of his latest film \u20187 Dogs\u2019, which is currently being filmed in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islam in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority Chairman Turki Alalshikh took to his social media account to share a video of the actor, along with 4 to 5 other people offering their prayers in a mosque. He wrote in the caption that the famed actor had accepted the Islamic faith after working on his film \u20187 Dogs\u2019 in the country.The caption in the video read, \u201cSeven Dogs and Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito recited the Shahada (declaration of faith) and joined his cast and crew in prayer at a mosque yesterday after expressing his satisfaction with the interaction with Muslims during filming in Saudi Arabia. The video shows him yesterday with employees of the Sila Company. Praise be to God.\u201d The Shahada is the Islamic declaration of faith.The video has managed to garner a lot of attention online and has managed to go viral as well.<\/p>\n<p>About Giancarlo Esposito<\/p>\n<p>Giancarlo Esposito is an acclaimed actor who has been in the entertainment industry for decades now. The star is known for his work in some of the most popular films and TV shows, including \u2018Breaking Bad\u2019, \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019, \u2018The Mandalorian\u2019, \u2018The Boys\u2019, \u2018Do the Right Thing\u2019, and \u2018Godfather of Harlem\u2019. He is best known for his villainous roles and for portraying them with chilling ease and accuracy.About his work on \u20187 Dogs\u2019The film, starring Giancarlo in one of the lead roles, has been directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Ahmed Ezz and Karim Abdel Aziz, along with the famed \u2018Breaking Bad\u2019 actor, have taken the lead in the film. German Indonesian star Max Huang also joins them from the international cast. This is also one of Saudi Arabia\u2019s biggest production projects to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giancarlo Esposito accepts Islam as his faith in Saudi Arabia Giancarlo Esposito, who is best known for his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[337523,64,63,193164,158782,447,134,360377,360522],"class_list":["post-751116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-7-dogs","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-better-call-saul","tag-breaking-bad","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-giancarlo-esposito","tag-islam-conversion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}