"Egyptian Saddam Hussein lookalike claims foreign gang attacked him after he refused lucrative offer to star in sex videos they could sell as 'found footage' An Egyptian man was severely beaten after an Iraqi gang tried to kidnap and force him to film pornographic videos because of his astonishing resemblance to former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. Mohamed Bishr says he was on his way on Sunday to a café in the bustling downtown area of Egypt's second city of Alexandria when three men wearing black suits tried to force him into the back of a van. "....and had been offered LE2 million pounds (US$333,000) to impersonate the late dictator in a pornographic video. Bishr refused."