Riz Ahmed recounted a significant moment from his late twenties when he received a watch as a gift from a film festival for his role in the 2008 crime thriller "Shifty." This watch, valued at £2,000, was worth double the £1,000 he was paid for the film, providing him with a sense of financial security he hadn't experienced before. Ahmed, who incorporated this personal anecdote into his new Prime Video series "Bait," where his character faces similar financial anxieties, kept the watch boxed until recently, viewing it as an "insurance policy." He also discussed his new film adaptation of "Hamlet," directed by Aneil Karia, which is set within London's British South Asian community and filmed from Hamlet's perspective to create a visceral, thriller-like experience.