ROGUE MALE

CITY OF TINY LIGHTS | Riz Ahmed returns from a galaxy far, far away to play a British Asian private eye in modern-day London

By NEIL SMITH

‘‘It’s weird we have so few British films set in Britain that look and feel like contemporary Britain does,” sighs Riz Ahmed. “They all seem to be period dramas. Yet I don’t think our most exciting stories are way behind us in the distant past. I think our most exciting stories are happening right now.” It was one such story that drew the 34-year-old Four Lions star – hotter than hot at present thanks to his recent roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and HBO’s The Night Of – to City Of Tiny Lights, an adaptation of Patrick Neate’s 2005 novel about a British Asian private eye solving mysteries from his office above a west London cab firm. “I loved the idea of taking the gumshoe genre and…

You're reading a preview of

Crime Scene (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 7

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.