British actor Rizwan Ahmed claims South Asians are ‘constantly being chased’ in the West: ‘Being Brown is a spy thriller’ News of the World

British actor and rapper Rizwan Ahmed returns to the screen with new drama “Bait”. The 43-year-old Academy Award winner has been on a press tour promoting his beloved work, and now, a video of it is going viral. In a meeting with Juggernaut, Ahmed claimed that being South Asian was like “being in a spy thriller.” “We get it for free,” he said. Ahmed, who plays the title role of Shah Latif in his latest project, said that when Jordan Peele While making Get Out, he said being black in America was like being in a horror movie. He said his argument for the situation was that “being Brown in the West is actually like being in a spy thriller.” He claims that brown people in the area are often viewed with suspicion and surveillance and are chased. Furthermore, he added that while people are chasing local approval, they are also chased by their inner critic and their internalized voices. “So that’s one of the things I wanted to play with on the show,” he shared. Bait is a six-episode series that tells the story of a rapper-turned-actor who finds himself in a crisis as he competes for the chance to replace Daniel Craig as the new 007. Ahmed’s comments ring true in a climate where hatred of immigrants, particularly South Asians and Indians, is rising in the West. In the United States, a recent survey Carnegie Endowment for International Peace It has been revealed that one in four Americans has been called a slur. The report describes the US as “the epicenter of anti-India digital racism” while revealing that this has led to one in five respondents shying away from wearing bindi and tilak to avoid face-to-face discrimination. In the UK, a london police The report shows that South Asians were the second largest target group in 2025, with 35 incidents reported, a 105.9% increase from the previous year.