Riz Ahmed's family have kept him grounded amid his Oscar nomination. The 38-year-old actor - who received a nod in the Best Actor category for his role in 'Sound of Metal' - quipped that his cousins have played down the nomination, liking it to "an email from your boss".
Taking to Twitter, he wrote: "My cousin Adnan legit didn’t know what the Oscars were. 'Why all the gas? I won best client engagement award for the financial quarter'.
Other cousin steps in, 'Na it’s not as big as that, cos he didn’t win anything. It’s more like getting an email from your boss. ' Thanks, boss. (sic)" When Riz - who has become the first Muslim man to be nominated in the Best Actor category - found out about the nomination, he said he was "honoured" to be.
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