Ramy Youssef is a multi-hyphenate’s multi-hyphenate. A partial rundown of his current workload includes co-creating, executive producing, writing, often-directing and starring in Hulu’s “Ramy,” based loosely on his own background as the son of Egyptian immigrants living in New Jersey; co-creating and writing the Netflix series “Mo” with comedian Mohammed Amer, based loosely on Amer’s background as the son in …
Marcus, played by Lionel Boyce, is the focus of Episode 4 in Season 2. The script originally called for Marcus to stay in an apartment, but Youssef said he suggested they change it to a houseboat to really drive home “the feeling what’s the opposite of Chicago.” The show’s production department also created the kitchen for Poulter and Boyce’s scenes, …
