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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T07:00:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "[caption id=\"attachment_158900\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"444\"] (Photo: Universal Pictures)[/caption] Riz Ahmed is, of course, the Academy Award-nominated star of _The Sound of Metal_. You might've also seen him in _Jason Bourne_ , _Nightcrawler_ , _The Night Of_ , or the hilarious satire _Four Lions_. Ahmed is also a rapper. A good one! Better than you would think when you hear “actor who is also a rapper.\" He's released two full-length LPs, including 2020's _The Long Goodbye_. Ahmed is at an interesting point in his career. When he was last on the show in 2016, he'd just shot a couple of his biggest breakthrough roles, including one in _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_. A few months shy of becoming a household name. A decade on, and he's firmly on the A-List.  Ahmed's latest movie is _Hamlet_. A contemporary retelling of one of the most retold stories of all time. It's thrilling. He’s also got a new show out called _Bait,_ in which he plays a hot up-and-coming actor who gets the chance to audition for the role of James Bond. Riz Ahmed returns to the show to chat with us about his role in the new _Hamlet_ film and his personal relationship with Shakespeare’s work. We also get into his early days as a battle rapper and if he plans to keep rapping as he gets older.",
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