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How ‘Sound of Metal’ Star Riz Ahmed’s Life Was Enriched In Two Life Changing Ways By The Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Riz Ahmed has been
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Speaker 1: picking up Best Actor nominations left and right for his
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Speaker 1: lead role in Sound of Metal, about a heavy metal
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Speaker 1: drummer who loses his hearing, and like any role, Riz
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Speaker 1: had to immerse himself in the world of the character,
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Speaker 1: which in this case involved in not only learning how
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Speaker 1: to drum well, but also to use sign language proficiently,
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Speaker 1: and in both cases he says he walked away a
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Speaker 1: better man because of the experience. He tells Indie Wire,
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Speaker 1: you can't think your way to learning drums. You let
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Speaker 1: them play you. That was a lesson for me as
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Speaker 1: an actor and also as a human being. Then, after
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Speaker 1: diving into a sl or American sign language, Riz as,
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Speaker 1: when you communicate with your body, you're inhabiting what you're saying. Differently,
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Speaker 1: you're more expressive. The deaf community taught me the real
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Speaker 1: meaning of communication. I took that beyond and into life
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Speaker 1: a as selling drumming, we're both really enriching a lot
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Speaker 1: of people think. Riz will also pick up an Oscar
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Speaker 1: nomination for his work when they're announced March fifteen. Sound
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Speaker 1: of Metal streaming now on Amazon that's Direct from Hollywood