Taapsee Pannu, in an interview, said that she was 'freezing in the moment' when she first met Shah Rukh Khan.
Actress Taapsee Pannu shared the screen space with Shah Rukh Khan in 'Dunki'. She played the love interest of SRK in Rajkumar Hirani's film. In an interview, Taapsee revealed that found it hard to romance the King of Romance in the film. Read on to know why.
While sharing her experience about working with SRK in 'Dunki', Taapsee told The Times of India that she was 'freezing in that moment' when she first met him. She also said that he is not intimidating despite being a star. She called him a 'very warm and welcoming person'.
She added, "I had to constantly keep shaking myself after the first couple of meetings, like, 'come back to reality.. he's just sitting there in front of me'... you're putting up this very confident and brave front but you know, mentally, you are in a certain danger looking at him. But, it did take me a couple of days to actually snap out of it."
When the 'Thappad' actress was asked about romancing Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee said, ''When your eyes meet, when he is looking at you with those expressions, you immediately have that déjà vu of those classic romantic films that he has done and we have loved him in those films. So you slip into that memory of what you have seen of him in the movies and have loved so much. Since most of our scenes were together, during the initial days when he kept looking at me very lovingly it was very hard to not freeze in that moment."
'Dunki' hit the screens worldwide on December 21. It also stars Vicky Kaushal, Boman Irani, Vikram Kochhar and Anil Grover in pivotal roles.