Mumbai: Taapsee Pannu has opened up about an unusual experience from her early days in the film industry, recalling how she was replaced in a project and later told that the lead actor’s wife did not like her.
“I have been told that I was replaced by the hero of the film. God knows the reason. I keep imagining the reasons. I can imagine the insecurity; I can imagine that he wanted someone else whom he was closer to. I can imagine various reasons, but I wasn’t given any solid reason. I was just told that he didn’t want me in the film because I kept asking the reason for my removal,” Taapsee told Nayandeep Rakshit.
During the same conversation, Taapsee recalled what she described as the “worst reason” she was given for being replaced.
“The worst reason given to me when I was replaced was, ‘The hero’s wife doesn’t like you.’ I don’t know why she didn’t like me,” she said.
Taapsee did not reveal the names of the actor or his wife. She also recently spoke about becoming more selective with her projects to avoid being typecast.
“Everybody is going into their comfort zone and using tried-and-tested methods. For instance, for glamorous roles, they (industry) have a set of five actresses they can cast, and for hard-hitting, issue-based films, they have another set of five actresses to cast,” she was quoted as saying by PTI.
“I’ve actually started turning down films for this reason, telling makers that the audience will easily guess the ending. So, (I tell them) ‘Don’t cast me in this; it’s bad for your film’. I’ve gone and ‘de-sold’ myself to a few films,” she added.
On the work front, Taapsee was last seen in Netflix’s ‘Gandhari.’
