Riz Ahmed and Aneil Karia explain why they set Hamlet in a modern British South Asian world — and why they refused to change Shakespeare’s language.

In Riz Ahmed‘s Prime Video show Bait, he plays Shah Latif, a struggling actor who accidentally goes viral as the suspected new James Bond. As Shah tries to manage the reactions of his family and ...

Comedian Vir Das also revealed in a now-deleted tweet that he had auditioned twice for Riz Ahmed’s role in Digger but was ...

From the outside, his career seems like a series of calculated moves. But for Riz Ahmed, each project is a chance to expand his process. Riz Ahmed has a way of making even a New York hotel lobby feel ...

With his semi-autobiographical comedy Bait receiving awards buzz, we caught up with Riz Ahmed to talk about bringing his ...

ComingSoon's Tyler Treese spoke with Hamlet star Riz Ahmed about his and Aneil Karia's bold new take on the Shakespeare play. The Oscar winner spoke about people misunderstanding the "to be or not to ...

Riz Ahmed goes full James Bond, sort of, in Prime Video’s upcoming comedy series “Bait,” which world premiered on the opening night of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival ahead of its streaming premiere ...

NEW YORK – Riz Ahmed received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a drummer who loses his hearing in the 2019 film "Sound of Metal." But the British actor admits that prior to "Relay" (in ...

The Oscar winner discusses reimagining Shakespeare through a modern South Asian lens — where ancestral spirits and corporate greed haunt the streets of London: "It's a timeless story." By Lily Ford If ...

Riz Ahmed wants to play James Bond so badly, he “stormed off” during an interview when being told by a co-star that he won’t be. In a recent interview with Variety for his upcoming Amazon Prime Video ...