Evergreen star Hrithik Roshan would have been
"great" to play the title role in the Indian remake of Hollywood movie
"Rambo" but the actor was not keen to do another remake after
"Bang Bang!", the official adaptation of "Knight and Day", tells
director Siddharth Anand.
Siddharth had directed Hrithik in "Bang Bang!" and
they share a good friendship. For the "Rambo" remake, the director
roped in Tiger Shroff and feels he is the "apt choice".
"Hrithik and I have an equation or a relationship which
is of great trust and respect, and the fact is that we are constantly talking
about doing something together. We almost did 'Fighter' together, which
eventually didn't happen last year. Also Hrithik would be really a great choice
for a character like Rambo but he didn't want to do another remake after
'Knight and Day'. So we're working on something else," Siddharth said.
Siddharth has worked on two movies each with Saif Ali Khan
and Ranbir Kapoor back to back. His debut directorial "Salaam
Namaste" and the following movie "Ta Ra Rum Pum" was with Saif,
while his subsequent projects "Bachna Ae Haseeno" and "Anjaana
Anjaani" were with Ranbir.
So, one was hoping he would keep the pattern going with
Hrithik after "Bang Bang!".
Siddharth told, "Hopefully, we will have something to
do together very soon. 'Rambo' is not that. I chat with Hrithik on everything I
do. He's one of the first people to know whenever I do something. He's more
like an elder brother to me."
He spoke about casting an actor for the desi
"Rambo".
"After we completed the script, we deliberated a lot on
the casting. It could draw a lot of polarised opinion on the casting because
you take Sylvester Stallone and say this guy is going to portray a character
immortalised by Stallone. It's too big a shoe to fill in, too big a
responsibility.
"And so we had to get somebody who would be the apt
choice. I was certain I wanted a young boy for it. Tiger felt just a natural
choice for us. Fortunately, he loved it and came on board," Siddharth told.
The viewers can look forward to some high-octane action from
the film, which is likely to go on floors in February 2018.
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