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Actor Rakul Preet Singh said that before her first Telugu feature Venkatadri Express was released, she was replaced in two films, one of which starred Prabhas. The actor said that she didn’t take the setback to heart, but later wondered if it would set a false perception that she was replaced because of her “bad attitude”. In an interview with Ranveer Allahbadia, Rakul spoke about her acting journey, and recalled that was replaced overnight in a film starring Prabhas and wasn’t even informed about it.
“I was replaced from a film after shooting for four days, before I made my debut. This was a Telugu film with Prabhas. But sometimes, when you don’t know much about the industry or its way of functioning, you don’t take it to your heart. There is a beauty in innocence and naivety. I was so naive, I thought, ‘Oh, ok they have removed me? No problem, maybe this wasn’t meant for me, I will do something else.’ Because I was not corrupted. When people start surrounding you, they tell you that this happened because of that, it poisons you. But I had no one around me. When you are so naive, it helps.”
Recalling the reason why she was replaced, Rakul said the producer realised that the scale of the film was such that an established actor was better suited for the role, rather than a new actor. “I wasn’t even informed; I had gone to Delhi after wrapping my schedule and learnt about this later. Then it happened again on a different project, but I had just signed it and hadn’t begun shooting yet. Now, when this happened with two big films, a perception starts to form, rumours start to surface where people wonder if you are getting replaced because you have an attitude problem or don’t know acting. I knew I wouldn’t get that first big launch, I had to work my way around. And then, my debut was a small film which became a big hit.”
In the same interview, Rakul then spoke about missing out on another film, the biopic of MS Dhoni, headlined by the late Sushant Singh Rajput. The actor said that she had signed the Neeraj Pandey directorial, but quit the project due to date issues. “It was the role which eventually Disha Patani played. I had done the costume and script reading, but then their dates shifted by a month, and I was shooting films with Ram Charan and Jr NTR. Bruce Lee: The Fighter was about to release in a month and two songs were yet to be shot. So, I couldn’t adjust the dates at all, and I cried that I missed out on such a good film,” she added.
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