Ranveer Singh and his role in the film "Padmaavat"

The next video is an interview made by Anupama Chopra to the Indian actor Ranveer Singh about his participation in the Indian drama film “Padmaavat,” however; you are going to watch just a little part of the whole interview.

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After watching the whole interview, I can say that it was about...

1. During the interview made by Anupama Chopra to Ranveer Singh, the interviewer asked him about the Spanish actor Javier Bardem and his participation in movies like “Skyfall” and “No Country for Old Man” and how his personality matched the film perfectly. They also talked about how sexy Javier is and his importance in Ranveer's career as an actor. But also the actor said that he can’t judge the roles that he has to play during films, because he knows that while acting, he has to be convinced of what the character believes to act perfectly. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was to know his opinion about Javier Bardem’s movies and how he has to “think” as the characters that he plays in films.
 
2. During the interview made by Anupama Chopra to Ranveer Singh, the actor talked about different issues as Javier Bardem’s opinion about defending his roles. Furthermore, Ranveer Singh also explained the process that he likes to do during the time where he isolates himself after being on set, to come up with the role that he has to play in a respective film. Ranveer also gave some details about that process and said that it takes around two or three weeks to finish “re-creating” himself in that character that he will have to play in the movie. He also mentioned that for an “outsider” this process could be bizarre, but it is his favorite part of being on a set shooting a film. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was about the process that Ranveer does to re-create himself into the character that he will act.
 
3. During the interview made by Anupama Chopra to Ranveer Singh, they talked about different issues as Javier Bardem’s influenced as one of the best “terrifying villains” in films; such as, “Skyfall” and “No Country for Old Man.” On the other hand, Ranveer Singh mentioned that he really likes the process of creating the character that he has to play in a movie along with the movie director because it is not only his favorite thing as an actor but also it makes him not judge the character and understand how he should act during the film. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was the process of creating the characters that he plays as an actor.

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Film Companion. (2018, January 26th). Interview with Ranveer Singh | Padmaavat | Anupama Chopra [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_pZwGkm6k

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