The path to success is filled with struggle. Tisca Chopra’s story explains how difficult it is in Showbiz to make your path. This is the story of the famed “casting couch”, which often actors have to make to.
The incident now she recalls as a humorous one occurred after her first debut, when she was out of work. She was called by a big name and she was immediately on board, waving away the rumours that it is mandatory to sleep with him. He told her, “I want the script to penetrate every inch of your body.”
The Taare Zameen par actress narrated the incident as, she knocked his door, he said come in and was sitting in Maroon lungi and Kurta. She had already planned an escape and as she entered she gave a big hug and thanked him.
According to Tisca, “He was confused because he didn’t expect the fly to be so enthusiastic about walking into the spider’s web”. Then she had planned a lot of calls to be directed for her to his room, via the reception. These made him lost his desire and he sent her. Afterwards, the rest of the shoot was quite fun for her.
At the end, she added that she is so very glad that more and more directors and casting directors are gay now, so that everyone gets to know what a casting couch feels like.
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