‘Sound of Metal’ Star Riz Ahmed Almost Quit Acting Right Before Booking ‘Nightcrawler’
Riz Ahmed nearly quit acting before being cast in his breakthrough role in the 2014 film Nightcrawler because he was not making enough money.
Riz Ahmed on Being Typecast and the His ‘3 Stages of Roles’ Theory
“It’s not about leaving my identity behind — it’s about not just being shackled to a two-dimensional idea of it.” – Riz Ahmed Two years ago, Emmy Award-winning The Night Of star Riz Ahmed wrote an influential essay for The Guardian titled “Typecast as a Terrorist,” in which Ahmed detailed
Riz Ahmed Got a “Bit Obsessive” For His ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Audition
Ahmed admits that he wanted to be in the Star Wars spinoff movie so badly that he went extreme to convince the director that he was right for the part.