Sunny Deol Reveals He Would 'Love' To Work In A Film Like Animal If Producers Have The 'Guts' To Cast Him
Sunny Deol launched the trailer of his film Jaat in Mumbai. He expressed interest in roles like in Animal but noted directors need the 'guts' to cast him.
Sunny Deol launched the trailer of his upcoming film, Jaat, in Mumbai. At the press conference, the actor was asked about being cast in a film like Animal, where his brother, Bobby Deol, played a negative character. The actor’s bold response to the question is going viral.
Sunny Deol expressed his enthusiasm at the idea of being cast in a film like Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal. However, he added that the makers need to have the “guts" to approach him for such films.
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“I’d love to play that role as an actor. I won’t call it negative, I will call it a character and definetely, I would love to do that. I will not say a not it. But then, the director and the producer need to have the guts to cast me in something like that. They will say that audiences won’t accept me in such a role, and that’s where I get stuck," he said at the press conference.
Referring to the kind of projects his brother Bobby Deol and father Dharmendra are doing now, Sunny added how his family was waiting for the right kind of work to come their way. He said, “I don’t think it adds pressure. It’s high time [we got this kind of work]. We were waiting for it. It always takes us years back. That’s how the family has been, and that’s how we are. Ise kehte hain aap mehnat karo, waqt kab ayega, pata nahi. Aur ladte raho, hato mat (They say, you never know when your time will come, so, keep working hard. And keep fighting, don’t back down)."
Previously, Sunny Deol spoke about Animal and had only words of praise, even as the film faced criticism for portraying toxic masculinity. However, he couldn’t sit through the scenes where Bobby’s character was beaten to death by Ranbir Kapoor’s character.
He told NDTV in a throwback interview, “I watched it, but… Animal is a great film, it’s a nice film. People are loving it. I’ll have my bits and pieces about any film, even my films. That’s me, it ain’t gonna change. But I’m not going to talk about it… When I saw Bobby being killed, I just got out of the seat and I couldn’t take it. I just wanted to go out and do something."
As for Jaat, the film releases on April 10, 2025.
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