Ali Fazal Opens Up About Feeling 'Pressured' After Rejecting An Intimate Scene

Actor Ali Fazal recently opened up about a time when he turned down an intimate scene which was introduced in the script without his prior knowledge or consent. He revealed how he felt cornered because the actress who was supposed to do the scene with him had been briefed about it already while he was kept in the dark.

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During an interview with Pinkvilla, Fazal said, "There¡¯s this assumed thing about men and I faced this on set and I don¡¯t talk about it because there are people involved there. But I remember there was an intimate scene between a man and a woman, the man being me in question, and it was randomly introduced. It was not in the script; it was not discussed. I come on set, and boom, everybody¡¯s ready, like everybody¡¯s been briefed and I¡¯m standing there.¡±

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He added how he did not budge from his decision of not doing the scene.

¡°I said, ¡®I¡¯m not comfortable with it.¡¯ Now, for the first time, I think on a set, people weren¡¯t expecting a guy to say that. Why is it assumed that I¡¯m too ready? Why is it assumed that I should be okay? The girl in question was convinced because of her character, and the brief that was given. I wasn¡¯t given (the brief), and it was never discussed. I was uncomfortable with the kind of choreography that was," he added.

He said, ¡°I, for the first time, felt cornered because everybody was like ¡®Tu toh launda hai yaar, isko kya problem ho rahi hai. (You're a guy. What¡¯s your problem?)¡¯ Everybody¡¯s looking at me. For the first time, I felt probably how women have felt for years and decades.¡±

Ali Fazal will be next seen in Khufiya along with Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, Azmeri Haque Badhon, Ashish Vidyarthi and many more. The film will be released on OTT platform Netflix on October 5, 2023.

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