How Riz Ahmed Shattered Stereotypes to Become Hollywood’s Most Exciting New Leading Man
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variety.comRiz Ahmed’s case, so can a bad one.At age 22, the actor-producer-rapper fell victim to a “horrific bowl cut,” he recalls to Variety.
In his arts program at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, the students deconstructed Shakespeare by day and hustled for acting jobs at night.“We were still doing headshots at drama school, so everyone was making sure they looked good,” he says. “I turn up with this hair and ended up looking like one of the Tipton Three.
When Michael Winterbottom’s casting director saw my photo, I got a role.”Ahmed is referring to his big break, Winterbottom’s 2006 film “The Road to Guantánamo,” in which he played Shafiq Rasul — one of three Muslim men from Tipton, England, who were detained at Guantánamo.
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