September 6, 2001

Oded Fehr\’s shining moment came when an Arab recently unrolled his car window and shouted, \”You make us Middle Easterners proud!\”\n\nHe was referring to the Israeli actor\’s performance as dashing desert warrior Ardeth Bay, Brendan Fraser\’s Mummy-busting partner in \”The Mummy\” and \”The Mummy Returns.\” \”Given the political situation, that was the nicest compliment I could get,\” says the star of the new NBC drama \”UC: Undercover,\” who was voted \”Sexiest Import\” by People in 1999. \”Arabs have been unfairly typecast as terrorists, and I was proud to play one who was heroic.\”\n\n