Raza Jaffrey
Raza Jaffrey
Raza Jaffrey is a British actor and singer, currently starring as Dr. Neal Hudson on the CBS TV medical drama Code Black. He is best known for playing Zafar Younis on the BBC One spy drama series Spooks. In 2014, he played Pakistani Lieutenant Colonel Aasar Khan in season 4 of the Showtime series Homeland...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
june london miss nights
I miss London on nights in June or in October.
download means miss programmes
One of the things I miss most about the U.K. is political TV, and I have one of those little gadgets, which means I can download British programmes illegally - that's why it's a guilty pleasure.
arc audience beats character included plan
Some actors - myself included - like to know where your character's going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you're going to give beats for this, that, and the other and give the audience what they want. But on 'Homeland,' you do the opposite.
fantastic great knows musical
Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances.
spending thinks weeks
Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks to shoot.
barrel hoping looking opposite turn work
When you turn up for work, especially with looking down the barrel of a show, you're hoping the person you're acting opposite of is going to be on your kind of crazy wavelength.
dreams musicals number scenario workshop
When I did musicals in London a number of years ago, I was in a workshop scenario for a year or more with 'Bombay Dreams.'
work
Work aside, I think would have ended up in the U.S. because I like being here a lot. I really do.
characters few loves shows willing
There are so few shows that are willing to take risks with their characters in the way that 'Homeland' does. And yet, the audience still comes back and loves those characters.