I was so broke I almost gave up on acting
The Sunday Mirror|March 21, 2021
Oscar hopeful Riz on rags-to-riches rise
HALINA WATTS
I was so broke I almost gave up on acting
OSCAR nominee Riz Ahmed has revealed he was once so skint he almost turned his back on showbiz.

The Brit nearly pulled out of his audition for 2014 breakthrough movie Nightcrawler because he couldn’t afford the plane fare.

Riz, nominated for best actor for Sound Of Metal, said: “They asked me to fly to LA. I was like, ‘I can’t fly to LA. I’m broke’.

“But I had to fly to LA – and just bet on myself. I spent that whole flight just running lines. I remember landing and seeing Jake Gyllenhaal in the room and going, ‘Whoa’.

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