A new hero/antihero is soon coming to Netflix's home page, and with that, a bit of history will be made. 
Abubakr Ali has been tapped to star in the streaming service's newest show, 'Grendel,' making him the first Arab Muslim actor to have a lead role on a series based off a comic book. Ali will play Hunter Rose.
Rose, the main character in the Dark Horse Comics series, is 'a gifted fencer, writer and assassin as, seeking to avenge the death of a lost love, he goes to war with New York's criminal underworld, only to realize...why beat them, when you can join them?'
'Dreams do come true and I'm a mess,' Ali wrote in a post on his Instagram, in which he also mentioned the pigeonholing of the Muslim community in entertainment post-9/11.
'We could only either be the 'good Muslim,' or the terrorist. Never thinking the day would come, I always dreamt of someone like me being able to play the Batman roles, the Tarantino roles, the messy complicated antiheroes ... all I can say is alhamdulillah.'
The series has been ordered for 8 episodes.
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