A slew of actors don't mind being the second one choice after a-list stars reject a film.
There are only a handful of A-listers who get approached for many big-budget films in Bollywood. Not surprisingly, many a times they're forced to let go of a few very lucrative offers. However, it kind of feels to became a blessing in disguise for other actors who don't really mind replacing their more famous and maybe much busier fellow colleagues.
Ranveer replaced Ranbir With the Magadheera remake and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Romeo and Juliet, Raveer Singh seems to have bagged two of the largest projects of his career. But few know that he's actually replacing Ranbir Kapoor, who was the primary choice for both these films. Ever since Rockstar, Ranbir was slowed down with offers, hence forcing him to opt out of those he couldn't devote time for.
Says a source, "For Magadheera they were initially in search of someone who looks the part like Salman or Hrithik. But eventually they thought Ranbir can be apt for the role considering his popularity has soared manifold since his last film. However the dates couldn't be adjusted they usually got Ranveer for the role."
Similarly for Romeo and Juliet, Bhansali apparently wanted Ranbir to play the lead. "Bhansali even discussed a couple of scripts with Ranbir. Romeo and Juliet were first at the list, but nothing materialised. So Ranveer Singh was signed on."
Kangna replaced Vidya For some reason Kangna does appear to have an indirect professional hook up with Vidya Balan. Earlier rumours suggested that she was first offered The Dirty Picture. Now we see Kangana replacing Vidya in two other films including Shootout at Wadala and the Ishqiya sequel.
Adds a source, "IT IS A strange co-incidence considering either one of them have such diverse personalities. Anyone who's replacing Vidya with Kangana obviously doesn't have a suite character sketch for the role and it keeps changing in keeping with who's available or not. However, ever because the Dirty Picture, Vidya have been quite particular of taking up roles which might be worth her time and effort."
Asin replaced Genelia Asin appears to be most producers' second option at the present time considering she doesn't really have much to do. She apparently replaced Genelia D'Souza in Salman Khan's Ready and more recently Deepika Padukone in Housefull 2.
Adds a source, "She was approached for Sanjay Gupta's next and was also in talks for Race 2, when Sonakshi walked out." Sadly for her a lot of those offers don't appear to have worked out. She recently had a fall-out with Sanjay Gupta who accused her of creating up stories about being approached for the film.
Chitrangada to interchange Deepika? With Chitrangada Singh suddenly promoting herself to starring in big budget films, she too appears to be the back-up option for lots of filmmakers. Buzz is that she has now been approached to switch Deepika Padukone in Race 2. Adds a source, "Though Chitrangada was replaced by Jacqueline Fernandez in Krrish 2, she is calling to do lead roles in big films.
If things figure out she's going to soak up Race 2." Buzz was that Chitangada even replaced Mugdha Godse in a movie named Peter Gaya Kaam Se.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
