Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who plays Sonia in 'The Pink Panther', says the fantastic ensemble is the best part of the movie. Read on for an interview...
Q. A lot has been speculated about your role, can you please elaborate on your character in the movie?
I play Sonia, a writer and authority on the Tornado who steals valuable artifacts from all over the world. And I am an essential part of the dream team who is trying to find the Tornado. But at the same time while Sonia is not a detective per se, she plays a very essential element and an almost important part of the dream team trying to unravel the mystery of the missing Pink Panther and trying to nail The Tornado.
Q. What you have to say about the story of the movie?
In this sequel, Inspector Clouseau along with a team of international detectives is assigned to catch The Tornado, the thief and retrieve the stolen legendary treasures & artifacts from around the world. It’s 'The Pink Panther' movie. It’s all about Clouseau and his adventures while trying to solve a mystery, and that’s essentially it.
Q. What according to you is the highlight of the film?
Apart from Steve Martin who plays Inspector Clouseau, I think what’s the best part of this particular movie is this fantastic ensemble in terms of the kind of cast that’s come together to create these various different characters. I think it was a wonderful idea to come up with a dream team, so you’ve actually pulled in characters from different parts of the world – you’ve got all these different nationalities – so you pick it up as the world’s getting smaller.
And your audience as multi-national as it is I think people kind of pick up the different parts of the world that these detectives have come from, they come together, and they bring in their own little expertise and their own little characteristics and their own little charm. And yet it’s so Clouseau, and hence his team is quite an extension of him.
Q. How was your experience working with the huge international ensemble cast?
It was wonderful working with the entire team. It was wonderful actors coming together. I mean Steve Martin is fantastic as Clouseau. And I’ve been an audience to all the actors in the movie and I’ve always enjoyed watching their work. So it was great working with Steve and Andy and Alfred and Emily and John Cleese. It was truly a great ensemble cast.
Q. What you have to say about your director Harald Zwart?
Oh, he is great to work with. He keeps everyone moving and brings lot of good and positive energy. And he’s got great sensibilities for a comedy. It was real fun working with him on sets.
Q. Did you find shooting an American film in Paris and Boston very different from movie making at home in India?
No, I have never looked at it as different. I think each experience remains individual depending on the director and the core team members that make the movie—irrespective of the language it’s being made in.
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