Riz Ahmed (Bait / Hamlet / Four Lions / The Night Of) • #389

Riz Ahmed (Bait / Hamlet / Four Lions / The Night Of) • #389

From Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein by Brett Goldstein | Daylight Media

April 1, 2026 · 52 min · Episode 385

About this episode

Brett Goldstein interviews Riz Ahmed about his life, career, and various artistic endeavors.

LOOK OUT! It’s only Films To Be Buried With! Join your host Brett Goldstein as he talks life, death, love and the universe with one of the UK's undisputed finest actors, it's RIZ AHMED! ...although don't it twisted, Riz is also nice on the mic too, having held it down solo in front of an audience of impatient Wu Tang fans. You will very likely be familiar with his work in an acting capacity however via movies and series such as the ones listed in this episode's title, but there is so much more including a wealth of voices in animations and such. He gets into a lot of it right here, including his work on the Black Mirror sort-of pre-cursor Dead Set, Bollywood and Lollywood, category killers, the Greek chorus of needledrops, empathy and its outward spread, and the infinite audition that is life. A really fun one, and Riz is excellent company so you're bound to love this. Enjoy! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Video and extra audio available on Brett's Patreon! INSTAGRAM BAIT HAMLET DEAD SET THE NIGHT OF IMDB –––––––––– ⁠⁠BRETT • X⁠⁠ ⁠⁠BRETT • INSTAGRAM⁠⁠ ⁠⁠THE SECOND BEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TED LASSO⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SHRINKING⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ALL OF YOU⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SOULMATES⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SUPERBOB (Brett's 2015 feature film) Learn more…

People in this episode

Host: Brett Goldstein

Guest: Riz Ahmed

Topics covered

  • life
  • death
  • acting
  • animation
  • empathy
  • audition

Keywords

  • Riz Ahmed
  • Brett Goldstein
  • acting
  • Black Mirror
  • empathy
  • animation
  • Ted Lasso
  • Four Lions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bait, Hamlet, Four Lions, The Night Of, Black Mirror, Dead Set, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Superbob

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