Mumbai: Actor Randeep Hooda, who made his Hollywood debut with Joe and Anthony Russo’s ‘Extraction’, feels that Bollywood feels threatened by him.
“When I worked with filmmakers in Telugu cinema… many action directors had seen the film and wanted to emulate it. They even asked me how we did it in Extraction. That sense of respect is there. But nobody talked about it. Even for small roles in Hollywood films, people do so much campaigning, and others congratulate them,” the actor said in a recent interview with Shubhankar Mishra.
Admitting that his PR is weak, Hooda added, “I feel people feel threatened, and I didn’t get appreciation from the film fraternity for any role — and I don’t need it after a point. I’m doing my work and trying to better myself, not compete with anyone. I appreciate myself. I don’t know why people didn’t appreciate me publicly, but I’m not sad about it. When they meet me, they meet nicely and they call me, but they don’t talk about it publicly. It happened during Highway too. I got many calls, but no one spoke about that role publicly. I also didn’t get any big award for acting.”
Directed by Sam Hargrave, the American action thriller is based on the graphic novel ‘Ciudad’ by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, and Eric Skillman.
The film features Hooda, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi and David Harbour in key roles.
Hooda’s negative role in his latest Bollywood outing ‘Jaat’ is being lauded by the audience. The film, starring Sunny Deol was released in theatres on April 11, and has collected over ₹50 crore worldwide in just five days.
Hooda will next be seen in the American action-adventure ‘Matchbox’ along with John Cena, Jessica Biel, and Sam Richardson.
