India, April 9 -- Hollywood actor Rami Malek, who was last seen in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer as American nuclear physicist David Hill, is gearing up for a completely different kind of role in the upcoming action thriller The Amateur. The Oscar-winning actor recently opened up about how this project came at the perfect time in his career, especially after his intense and rather cerebral turn in Oppenheimer.

In a recent interview, Rami revealed that he was looking for a shift in genre, and The Amateur offered just that. "The surprising answer [as to what I wanted to do next] was 'an action film,' but not just any action film. I wanted to do something that was elegant, sophisticated, smart, and from the point of view of someone who wa...