26th May 2023, Mumbai: Sunny Leone is ecstatic about her role in Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy and her debut appearance at the Cannes Film Festival for the movie’s world premiere. Anurag explained in an interview why he choose Sunny for the role of Charlie in the movie before the two of them walked the red carpet together at the movie’s premiere in the Midnight Screening area. Also read: Sunny Leone received videos of Anushka Sharma and Raveena Tandon from Anurag Kashyapto prepare for Kennedy: They’re laughing heartily.
There is only a brief look of Sunny in the teaser, but not much is shown about his Kennedy character. After entering an elevator, she can be seen starting to laugh. A presumed-dead insomniac ex-cop who is seeking redemption is the focus of the movie.
Anurag Kashyap stated to Film Companion on the sidelines of Cannes 2023 in reference to Sunny, “I promise I have never viewed her films, ever. I’ve seen interviews she’s done. Her eyes have a distinct melancholy about them. A life has existed in the past. I needed a woman over 40 who is being sexualized by men in their 50s and 60s around her. I don’t need to watch the sex act or anything like that. I need to see this woman dealing with it, handling it, and making use of everything to get by and navigate. I discovered a woman in Sunny who already possessed all those qualities.”
“Second, I am well aware of how much she is paid in the market, he continued. This is not the kind of movie,” I said. “That issue was never raised.” She expressed her happiness and overwhelm by saying, “I will do it because you are thinking of me for this. She put in a lot of graft and effort, and it shows.”
Sunny on working with Anurag
Sunny had stated to Hindustan Times about working with Anurag Kashyap in November of last year, “He is fantastic, extremely cool and laid back. Working with him was wonderful. I made an effort to meet his demands since I knew they were serious, and his satisfaction makes me pleased.”
She had revealed about her movie audition, “I was quite apprehensive throughout the audition. He invited the entire staff, so it was stressful. There were all the film crew members seated. The funny aspect was that it appeared to be a test, and he went around asking others what they thought. Does she resemble the character?”
-by Kashvi Gala