“The role is small, hardly of a minute. Baz Luhrmann was touring India couple of years ago…going everywhere in the country, he dropped in at my office with a chum who did some painting work for me. We just had an off-the-cuff conversation and he left,” Big B told reporters here Wednesday.
“Year-and-a-half ago he called me and said he has a task for me which he said was undeserving and said if I WILL BE ABLE TO do it. I readily agreed. As a gesture it's not remunerative. I HAVEN'T charged anything. I did it only for a gesture,” added the Indian superstar who could be seen as Meyer Wolfsheim within the movie.
A book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s bestseller of the similar name, the film has Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire within the lead roles. The film is scheduled for a December release.
“My experience with Baz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey and Carey was wonderful. Many films was made on this… that is the third edition… huge amount of detailing, research was done. Their whole system of working is so organised and this can be a great pleasure to be working with them,” said Amitabh about his debut Hollywood film. – IANS
