Vijay Varma opens up on being removed from Sacred Games despite initial selection; says, “I did my costume measurements and then I got dropped” : Bollywood News

Actor Vijay Varma, currently enjoying the success of the Netflix series IC 814, revealed that he was removed from Anurag Kashyap's Sacred Games despite being initially cast for a role. He noted, however, that he remained hopeful and didn't lose faith.

Vijay Varma opens up on being removed from Sacred Games despite initial selection; says, “I did my costume measurements and then I got dropped”

Vijay Varma began to receive the recognition he deserved after his role as Moeen in Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy, which led to a surge in offers for him.

Vijay told The Indian Express, “There were no offers until about post Gully Boy. Casting directors did believe in me, but I was not given a chance for a long, long time.”

He added, “In some auditions, I was on the waitlist, in top five, top two and then I was locked and then I was dropped! I was locked in Sacred Games, I did my costume measurements and then I got dropped. Stuff like that has happened, but some part of me kept the faith and belief. Work started coming in after Gully Boy, but I think I was so starved for work, that I took a lot of it after the film.”

Vijay also complained on being typecast in bad roles after Darlings. He stated, “When Darlings happened, I couldn’t imagine myself in that role and then a series of roles happened where I was playing extremely devious, atrocious or devious men. A part of me wanted to break it but I couldn’t possibly do it myself. I found great support in filmmakers, who said they had seen me like that and wanted to offer me something new."

He further stated, “That’s how Sujoy Ghosh got me Jaane Jaan, where he decided to show me in a new light. Homi Adajania gave me Murder Mubarak, Anubhav Sinha sir got me IC 814. Someone who has just seen Darlings and Dahaad will not think this is the most noble character we have, and we want this guy to play him. The industry works in mysterious ways, when they see potential in you, they also want to give you the chance to tap on the other side of you. I didn’t break any stereotypes, because I didn’t make any stereotypes. They made it, they broke it."

Vijay Varma will make his Tamil debut with Suriya 43, which is tentatively titled.

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