"I remember waking up in the middle of the night, two years after I wrapped on [the 2016 series] The Night Of, and going to the mirror and redoing scenes that the whole world had already seen. I'd already been handed awards for this performance, [but] I was like, no, I gotta get it right."
"[Showrunner Ben Karlin and I] felt, early on in the show, you needed to see just how mean Shah's inner voice can be about him. I think actually there's a lot of Shah in all of us, more than we like to admit."
"The gap between that public self and the messy vulnerability of our private selves is often huge. So it's a weird thing where only in retrospect we realize like, 'oh my God, we accidentally stumbled on the perfect title for this that actually communicates the entire layer cake of this show.'"
Riz Ahmed reflects on his self-critical nature, recalling moments of redoing scenes from his acclaimed performance in The Night Of. His new series Bait features a British Pakistani actor named Shah, who auditions for a role as James Bond. The series delves into themes of acceptance and the disparity between public personas and private vulnerabilities. The title 'Bait' carries multiple meanings, including attention-seeking behavior and loyalty, while also hinting at the show's spy-thriller elements and deeper layers of storytelling.
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