Riz Ahmed Nabbed an Emmy Nomination With a Fake James Bond Audition in ‘Bait’

They’re casting James Bond right now. Are you paying attention to the casting conversation at all?

I have to be really honest—I haven’t been keeping the closest tabs on it. I think that these things work the best when we’re bold and reimagining and reinventing them. I hope whatever direction it goes next is a new one.

Bassam Tariq, the director of your film Mogul Mowgli (2021), directs half of Bait. Your mother on Bait, Sheeba Chaddha, also plays Gertrude in Hamlet. It seems like…