Riz Ahmed Reflects on 'Bait' Project

“Do you guys ever think about dying?” Margot Robbie asks at the start of 2023’s “Barbie.” It’s one of many moments of existential dread that her character faces on the journey to becoming a real woman. Cut to three years later, and Hollywood insiders have spent the past week asking, “Do you guys thi

Riz Ahmed spent 10 years bringing “Bait” to life. Part of that journey was driven by fear: “It’s a very scary project to make because it’s so personal,” he says. Some of the delay, he reflects, came from finding excuses or sabotaging the process because it felt so exposing. “Bait” is indeed Ahmed’s