Vikram shared this picture (courtesy: ithe_real_chiyaan)
Chennai/Cannes:
South star Vikram on Monday mentioned he referred to as Anurag Kashyap “instantly” after he got here to know the filmmaker had tried to contact him him for Kennedy.
In a current interview with information outlet Movie Companion, Kashyap mentioned that Vikram, whose actual identify is Kennedy John Victor, was his first option to play the titular murderer in his newest movie, however the actor “by no means responded”.
In a prolonged Twitter notice to the filmmaker, Vikram mentioned he referred to as Kashyap instantly after he bought to know that the director was attempting to get in contact with him for a challenge.
“Expensive @anuragkashyap72… Simply revisiting our dialog from over a 12 months in the past for the sake of our associates and nicely wishers on social media.
“After I heard from one other actor that you just had tried to succeed in me for this movie & that you just felt I hadn’t responded to you, I referred to as you myself instantly and defined that I hadn’t gotten any mail or msg from you because the mail id that you just had contacted me on was now not lively and my quantity had modified virtually 2 years earlier than that,” the Ponniyin Selvan star wrote.
Vikram then wished the filmmaker “nice instances forward” and mentioned he’s excited in regards to the film because it has his identify.
“As I mentioned throughout that cellphone name, I am very excited in your movie Kennedy and much more so as a result of it has my identify. I want you nice instances forward. A lot of love. Chiyaan Vikram aka Kennedy,” he added.
Completely proper Boss sir. For the knowledge of individuals, when he discovered from one other actor that I used to be attempting to succeed in to him he referred to as me immediately and we realised that he had a unique WhatsApp quantity. He gave me his appropriate data to succeed in out and even confirmed curiosity in… https://t.co/1xmImitvHY
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) May 22, 2023
Kashyap, at present attending the Cannes Movie Competition the place Kennedy is ready to premiere underneath the Midnight Screenings part, went on to forged Rahul Bhat because the lead.
“I really had a selected actor in thoughts once I wrote this movie… The movie was referred to as Kennedy Challenge. It’s Chiyaan Vikram. Chiyaan Vikram’s actual identify is Kennedy. I reached out to him. He by no means responded. So then, I reached out to Rahul,” the filmmaker informed the information web site.
Kennedy is a noirish thriller which follows the titular character working for a corrupt police pressure with scores to settle. The movie additionally options Sunny Leone.
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