Actor Vikrant Massey recalled his time as a struggling actor, and going to auditions even after he’d delivered acclaimed performances in films such as Lootera and A Death in the Gunj. He revealed that the ‘worst thing’ about the audition process is the fact that they’re often conducted by acting aspirants or failed actors vying for the same job.
Vikrant Hints At Casting Directors Trying To Be Actors
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Vikrant revealed that after a point in his career, he started requesting for directors to be present at his auditions, because he felt that casting assistants weren’t equipped for the job. “Auditions are very tricky. And the worst thing is that most people who are conducting your auditions are aspiring actors themselves,” he said with a wry smile.
Vikrant added, “Most casting directors are either failed actors who are partly bitter, or their assistants are aspiring actors themselves. It’s a very tricky space, and I recognised that very early. They’re directing you, but you’re never sure if that is the way the director would want to direct you.” To counter this, Vikrant started asking for certain changes to be made. He continued, “At a much later stage in my life, after I’d done films like Half Girlfriend and even Lootera, I started to insist, ‘Can I have the director when I audition and you don’t guide me, because I know you are praying to take the part I’m auditioning for’.”
Vikrant worked in television before making his film acting debut with Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera in 2014. And although he has played parallel leads in movies such as Haseen Dillruba, Ginny Weds Sunny, Love Hostel, Forensic and Cargo, it took him nearly a decade to land his first solo lead role, in the film 12th Fail, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film earned positive reviews, and is outperforming the more high-profile Tejas at the box office.
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