Riz Ahmed Is Always One Step Ahead

Riz Ahmed’s rise to leading man status did not happen overnight. “I think some careers have a defining moment that’s like a rocket ship,” Ahmed tells me. “And I think other careers kind of build steadily. And most careers build unsteadily, like a roller coaster.” Though Ahmed sees his own career as a slow burn, things are heating up: He recently screened his modern-day Hamlet at the Toronto International Film Festival, will soon star in a Prime Video series he also created, and…