It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that Mrunal Thakur was fangirling when she met Shahid Kapoor during the production of their 2022, film, Jersey. The actor who doesn’t shy away from calling herself a fan of Shahid and his movie, Jab We Met, recently opened up about her experience of working with the 43-year-old, revealing that she often forgot her lines on the sets. “The day when I was supposed to meet him and do a script reading, I reached the wrong address, so I got late. When I finally met Shahid, I told him, ‘Your smile in real life is exactly l how it is on-screen’. During the shoot of Jersey, there were days when I would forget my lines because I was so overwhelmed being on the sets with Shahid Kapoor,” Mrunal told Humans of Bombay in a recent interview.
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The actor, who featured in films like Love Sonia, Super 30, Sita Ramam and The Family Star, among others, shared that she is often intimidated by stars she admires on-screen. “While doing our scenes in Jersey, I kept thinking in my head, ‘This is Aditya (Shahid’s character in Jab We Me)t,” shared Mrunal, adding, “He is such a great co-actor. Initially, it was awkward. The first week was tough but when we got the hang of Vidya and Arjun, our on-screen characters, things got very smooth.”
Recalling one of the toughest moments from filming Jersey, she said slapping Shahid was an uphill task. “Slapping Shahid was really, really tough. It was the first proper scene that we were shooting. I suggested we take it slow and do a few montages but that particular scene was my first encounter with Shahid’s character, Arjun. The director was quite understanding and told me to take my time. Shahid was extremely supportive and told me, ‘Tu thappad maar mujhe (slap me)’. When you have the comfort zone with a co-actor, scenes flow smoothly,” reminisced Mrunal. She shared that the scene was only shot with two camera set-ups and was done in two-three hours.
In 2022, during a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, answering a rapid-fire question, Mrunal revealed that the scene required many retakes. “I actually couldn’t slap him. It was so difficult for me. I thought how I could slap Shahid Kapoor?’ Shahid was extremely supportive of me slapping him. He asked me to think of my ex-boyfriends and slap him,” she added.
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