{
  "id": 688864,
  "title": "Riz Ahmed on Why ‘Bait’ Is His Most Vulnerable and Personal Piece of Work to Date",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/riz-ahmed-on-why-bait-is-his-most-vulnerable-and-personal-piece-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/riz-ahmed-bait-james-bond-emmy-1236832963/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 most vulnerable […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}