Mumbai: Vidyut Jammwal has spoken about the difference in work culture between Bollywood and Hollywood, saying he found the latter to be more disciplined, particularly when it comes to punctuality.
At a recent Mumbai event hosted by Paramount Pictures India, a special featurette featuring the actor was unveiled. Vidyut also opened up about his experience working on the international production and compared the working environments in Hollywood and Bollywood.
“There is a huge difference. I used to hear from my friends who are actors and knew about Hollywood that the budgets there were much higher. But I have seen the discipline here. For the first time, I have seen 300 people on a set following such discipline. There, no actor, whether it is 50 Cent, Jason Momoa or Cody Rhodes, is ever late. They simply don’t have a concept of arriving late,” he said.
The actor further praised Hollywood’s strict work culture and laws. “There is no such thing as being late. If someone is late by one minute, makers call them to know if they are not doing well. It’s a massive difference. Laws are so strict. If you are doing overtime, every technician gets extra money for every minute. Technicians wait to do overtime because they don’t think they will be betrayed. The laws are very different. So when you experience something like this with some legends around, you realise this is different. It will take us time to reach that level. We are following the rules and laws but we can get better and do more,” he said.
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Vidyut also reflected on his journey to Street Fighter, saying his decades-long martial arts training helped him connect with his character. He revealed that he has been practising Kalaripayattu since the age of three and felt his training had prepared him for the role of Dhalsim.
Directed by Kitao Sakurai, Street Fighter is an adaptation of the popular video game franchise. The film stars Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji as Ryu and Jason Momoa as Blanka, with Vidyut Jammwal playing Dhalsim. The ensemble cast also includes Callina Liang, Joe Anoai, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Andrew Schulz, Eric Andre, Orville Peck, Olivier Richters, Hirooki Goto, Rayna Vallandingham, Alexander Volkanovski and Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson.
The film is slated to release in India on October 16 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
