Deepika's Race 2 Poster

The Bolly babe will be seen indulging in intense action and performing risky stunts in the upcoming action thriller that sees her play a character with grey shades

Aakansha Naval-Shetye (DNA; November 7, 2012)

It was in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Chandni Chowk to China that actor Deepika Padukone was first seen sporting an action avatar, as her own evil twin sister Suzy. However, back then the actor had reportedly used a body double for most of the stunts in the action-comedy. But this time around Deepika, who's attempting action once again for Race 2, insisted on doing all the daredevil stunts herself. Calling it her first intense action thriller, Deepika admits to being rather excited about dabbling in the genre. "Abbasji-Mustanji (directors) have mastered this genre. I was a bit nervous during the first couple of days since this is the first time I've attempted an action thriller, but they gave me a lot of confidence and made me feel comfortable," says Deepika, who has mostly been seen in romcom characters.

Abbas reveals that Deepika's character in this film has a dark side. "Despite her romantic heroine image, she had no qualms about playing a character that had grey shades. We were keen on casting her as the role required someone really glamourous and sexy and yet look convincing while pulling off stunts. We were prepared to use body doubles in case she didn't want to do the action herself as the scenes required some risky stunts. But she surprised us all by not only committing to do them herself, but by actually doing them well," says the senior director, who adds that she will be seen performing some thrilling car chase sequences which are the highlights of the film. "Just like her character, she is equally fearless in real life and looks very convincing on screen. She was even comfortable handling guns, which I haven't seen in many actors. She'll easily be one of the hottest action babes in Bollywood," adds Abbas.

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