Octavia Spencer, Michael Pearce, Riz Ahmed More Discuss Encounter TIFF 2021

Riz Ahmed jokes that he lied about not being a diva to get the role in director Michael Pearces new film Encounter. In the film, Ahmed plays Malik, a former Marine who takes his two young sons on the run from a mysterious alien threat. Ahmed was joined by Pearce and his costars Octavia Spencer, LucianRiver Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada. Variety Studio at TIFF presented by Canada Goose