Actor Riz Ahmed has said he was approached on three separate occasions by UK intelligence services, including what he describes as an approach linked to a senior BBC figure, with the Oscar-winning star suggesting he was asked to act as an informant following questions about his Muslim identity and public profile. The comments were made during a conversation with journalist Mehdi Hasan on his Zeteo platform.
The Guardian reported that Ahmed said the encounters took place at different points in his career, beginning shortly after his early work in The Road to Guantánamo, and involved what he portrayed as unusually direct attempts to engage him in intelligence-related cooperation.
