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Cannes:

The first week of the 76th Cannes Film Festival noticed a gradual stream of Mumbai actors sashay up the steps of the Grand Lumiere on the gala however with no movie of their very own within the official choice. On Wednesday night time, Sunny Leone is ready to alter that.

Leone, one of many lead actors of Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy, which premieres right here within the early hours of Thursday as a part of the pageant’s Midnights Screenings part, would be the actual deal when she walks the pink carpet alongside the director and co-star Rahul Bhat.

In an interview with PTI a day forward of the screening of Kennedy, Leone stated: “Growing up, you have a vision of what it could be like to be in Cannes. Once you are here, it is something else.” “I feel really fortunate that I have a film here. It is beyond exciting. I am going to walk that red carpet. I still don’t believe it. I struggle to hold back tears every time I talk about it,” she stated.

The 42-year-old has been busy in the course of the first two days of her keep in Cannes doing shoots and attending different occasions. But the subsequent 24 hours may change the course of her profession. It is straightforward to see why she is so excited.

She already has a few south movies in post-production. “One is a psychological thriller, the other a gangster film,” Leone revealed. Does she count on Kennedy to alter how the trade perceives her as an actor? “I hope it does,” she stated.

Answering a query about how she landed the position of Charlie in Kennedy, she stated Kashyap known as her and stated he believed she was proper for the half. “But he said I would have to audition for it. I said ‘I’d love to’,” the actor recalled.

She went ready for the audition. “Ten people were sitting there. I gave the audition. The director said you are right for the role and then turned to all the others and asked what they felt. That was a real test,” Leone stated.

“I sneakily found out last night that the director’s mind had already been made up. They were probably not sure I would turn up for the audition. Many actors in Bollywood do not give screen tests after they reach a certain level,” she added.

The actor admitted she felt a sure diploma of stress whereas engaged on Kennedy, a noirish thriller which follows the titular character working for a corrupt police drive with scores to settle. “A director of Anurag Kashyap’s calibre has not been a part of my resume up until now. So, there was the pressure to do a good job, to meet expectations,” she stated.

Kashyap is variety and beneficiant however he’s additionally very secretive, stated Leone. “I asked for the script. He said you cannot have the script. I warned him I would bug him for information about my lines and character every day,” she added.

Leone attended workshops earlier than the movie started, so she had an thought what she was going to do in Kennedy.“I think Charlie is a strong woman who is caught between two realities. One is the life that she wants to have, the other is the truth that she lives. She hides a lot behind her smile, behind her laugh,” she stated.