Varun Dhawan Says Aditya Chopra Refused To Cast Him In An Action Film, Told Him ‘I Can’t Give You That Budget’ | Web series

Varun Dhawan recently spoke about his interest in doing action films. The actor revealed how he once asked Aditya Chopra why he didn’t consider younger talent in action films. Varun revealed that at that time, Aditya did not want to offer him films of this genre due to budget constraints. (Also Read: Citadel Honey Bunny Trailer: Meet Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan, Your House Spies. Watch)

Varun Dhawan on doing action roles

Varun attended the trailer launch of his upcoming spy thriller web series Citadel: Honey Bunny on Tuesday afternoon in Mumbai. There, he was addressing the media and fans when he brought up his interaction with YRF (Yash Raj Films) Chairman and CEO Aditya Chopra. Varun stated, “I asked Aditya Chopra why he can’t do an action film with younger talent and if he can cast me in a film. But he said he only wants to give me roles performance, not action. But I kept chasing him and then he said, ‘Look, I can’t give you that budget right now.’ keep thinking about it and then I asked him what the budget is. Then he gave me a figure that we needed to do something big in action.”

He further said, “When this (Citadel: Honey Bunny) came, I asked Raj and DK as well as Amazon what the budget is. Because my knowledge comes from Aditya Chopra about how much it takes to make something looks good in action. I am grateful to them for giving us this platform because this is necessary to make the action look big and the actors larger than life.”

About Citadel: Honey Bunny

Varun and Samantha Ruth Prabhu play the titular roles in Citadel: Honey Bunny as the spies Bunny and Honey respectively. The action series is a spin-off prequel to Citadel, starring Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden. Priyanka’s Nadia Sinh is shown as a girl played by 8-year-old Kasvi in ​​Citadel: Honey Bunny. The action thriller series also features Kay Kay Menon, Simran Bagga, Sikandar Kher, Saqib Saleem and others in pivotal characters.

Citadel: Honey Bunny will be released on November 7, 2024.