Riz Ahmed has played all sorts of roles in his career, including a corporate fixer, a tech millionaire, and even a villain who wants to use aliens to grow stronger. However, the actor’s real life has been just as amazing and just as exciting. In a recent interview, the actor revealed how there were three attempts to recruit him to become a spy.
Riz Ahmed almost joined the secret services
While talking about his latest project, Riz Ahmed revealed that there were three attempts to recruit him into the secret services. Speaking to Mehdi Hasan on his social media platform, the Venom actor shared that a top executive from a media company was also among those who tried to hire him.He explained: “Well, it’s happened three times, and they’re all a little bit funny, and this is what I mean, it’s just comedy in itself.” He also revealed that the first time it happened, he was also put in a chokehold.When asked for more details, he said: “There was one when I came back from the first film in Guantánamo. We landed at Luton airport in celebration. They took me to a side room, put me in an arm lock, threatened to break my arm, took my phone, pretended to press buttons, accidentally changed the language to Danish, and then you became a Muslim actor?He added that he was then asked if he wanted to be aware of the incidents around them, but he refused.The second time, he said, a family friend approached him. The third attempt was through a senior official of a media company, and he was surprised. Talking about it further, the actor joked that if he had actually become a federal agent, he would have made a “sick biopic”.
