Golshifteh Farahani Instagram – I always say it’s cinema, but I think the phenomenon that really changed my life was exile. It pushed me into a metamorphosis. In 2007, I was cast by Ridley Scott in Body of Lies. When I did that movie, the regime took it as a plan to destroy the face of the country, because I was a big star in Iran. They confiscated my passport. I was accused of putting national security in danger. I managed to leave before the premiere [in 2008] and landed in New York. The other day, I was at Lincoln Center and suddenly had this flash: This is the same place I was in 15 years ago. But it’s as if I’m another person now. @bazaaruk