Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone recently revealed that they did not know how to pronounce Joker's lead actor Joaquin Phoenix's name. Deepika and Alia recently graced Anupama Chopra's chat show along with Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Deverakonda, and others, wherein they looked back at all their films, expressed opinions about the same and while the interview is worth a listen the funniest thing happened. Both Deepika & Alia fumbled over how to pronounce Joaquin Phoenix.
When speaking about grey characters, Alia Bhatt said that she is a selfish actor and she chooses characters that she wants to play. “I have to give vent to my selfish needs. I want to play a character for the heck of playing it. I don’t care whether she is a serial killer, abusive lady, a demure chick who goes mad, etc. I want to play those because I can’t be these characters in real life,” Alia said. She then cited Joker’s example but could not pronounce the lead actor’s name. “Despite the controversy, there was a beautiful performance by ....,” the actress looked for words and while the others burst out laughing. Immediately, Ranveer Singh pointed at Deepika, to which she jokingly smacked him, and then fumbled on pronouncing his name. Well, we can all relate to the actresses. Can't we?
On the work front, Alia will be seen in Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra next and Deepika in Meghna Gulzar's Chhapaak.
(Source: Film Companion)
