Edin Galijasevic, better known as Edin Gali, is very well-known in Hollywood. He worked with some of the greatest stars from the film industry in his previous career, and he is currently staying in his native Krajina, where he opened the 1st Krajina Film Festival.
Our audience first heard about Edin Gali, a successful Bosnian with a permanent address in Los Angeles, when she won the prestigious Emmy Award for the Best Supporting Feature Role in the Mega popular serial “Mad Man”. After the role that raised his rating in Hollywood, Gali also had notable roles in “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (2012) with Nicole Kidman, and “Fury” (2014) with the famous Brad Pitt.
Edin’s father is from Velika Kladusa, where he was born as well, and his mother is from Buzim. In 1993, when he was just six-years old, he left Velika Kladusa and BiH and went to Germany with his parents, and later to the United States.
“If someone ever told me that I will get this far, I would tell him that there is no chance, and sometimes I cannot believe that I achieved that I, Edin from Kladusa, am sitting and shooting the movies with the Award winning actors,” said Edin.
He also noted that one should give his maximum in this business in order to survive in Hollywood. The acting is a business, like any other, and you realize that as soon as you start dealing with it.
He says that he is most grateful for the series of “Mad Man” and its producers. It was a real springboard for his career. He revealed how he got the role.
“I received an invitation to go to audition through an agent. I had to play the German according to the screenplay, but I said to myself, ‘You know what, I will play Bosnian and talk with our accent. I was different from all the other actors and the producer of the series, Matthew Weiner, really liked me, so I got the role on my 21st birthday, although I never played on TV before,” said Edin.
When it comes to his private life, he is happily married to Semira Gali, former Miss Global BiH from Visoko, and they have two children, a boy Alija Hamza and a girl Imani.
(Source: Muamer Coralic/Klix.ba)
