‘Chashme Baddoor' actress Taapsee Pannu reveals that she had to convince director Neeraj Pandey to consider her for a role in his upcoming film 'Baby'.
Tapsee, who plays an undercover agent in the multi-starrer film, said the director initially thought she was too shy to play the part.
"Neeraj sir never thought I can do this. Initially he thought I am too coy to play this role. But then I followed the process and went to him after meeting his casting director.
"I had to first convince him that I am not at all a coy girl in my real life. Before that he only saw me in 'Chashme Baddoor'. Somehow he got convinced about me," she said.
The 27-year-old actress, a known name in the South film industry, said 'Baby' was the first film in her career which she had to chase.
"This is the first movie in my career, which I have chased. By the grace of God, I have got whatever I wanted in my lap. I am the lucky one to extract my character of choice from him (Neeraj)," Tapsee said.
Her character in the film is shown as trained in self-defense system Krav Maga and she is happy that she could make use of the tough side of her personality for the role.
"I have a rough side to my personality. I am not a conventional coy girl. For a very long time I was the boy in the family. I have never played with dolls. I have played on the railway tracks. I still remember I used to come to house with mud in my body," she said.
In the film, Tapsee shares screen space with Akshay Kumar and calls him a 'deceptive' co-star.
"I think he is the most deceptive co-star if you don't know him off screen. Because on-and-off camera he is completely different," she said.