Interesting story about that movie!
The man who played the villain, an aspiring young actor who was athletic and handsome, was also a muslim. When he went to Hollywood to pursue a career in movies, he naturally sought out a local mosque where he could attend services.
Within weeks, there were attempts to recruit him and send him to a “madrassa” in then Taliban Controlled Afghanistan to “train” for Jihad. He was not interested because he wanted to be a movie actor, and left the mosque because he was feeling pressured to take his “studies further”.
His portrayal in “True Lies” caused such a vicious outcry from islamists in America, that we haven’t seen much of him since.
This was years before 9/11/01.
If you take jihad out of Islam you don’t have Islam anymore!
Great story!