'Wanted to do something in English'

Beyond Bollywood

For the first time, Jacqueline Fernandez is trying her luck in a British film and the actress says the genre of the movie prompted her to take up the project.

Definition of Fear, a psychological thriller, stars Fernandez in the lead role besides Mercedes Papalia, Katherine Barrell and Blythe Hubbard.

“I have done two films outside Bollywood — Sri Lankan and British independent film.

“That came during a 40-day window which I had in between my Bollywood films. I wanted to take it up because I have never done anything in English before. As an actor, I wanted to be a part of the film. It was a physiological thriller, a genre which I have never done before,” she told PTI.

The Sri Lankan beauty plays the character of a psychology student for which she had to work on her accent.

“The weirdest part was that I had to cut down on my American and British accent. I was told everytime that I need to change my accent. I have learnt the American accent by watching Hollywood film.”

However, Fernandez feels it’s a good change that actors are not restricted to Bollywood and trying out films in other languages be it regional and international.

“I think we have opened up. Bollywood has globalised.

Actors are not limited anymore. Like Akshay, Riteish and others, all of us are doing bunch of other things. It was an amazing experience,”
she said.

Fernandez will next be seen in Housefull 3, which stars Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta and Nargis Fakhri.