I did The Great Gatsby for free, as a gesture: Amitabh

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has a blink-and-you-miss-it role in Hollywood film The Great Gatsby, says, he did the film for free as a gesture.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has a blink-and-you-miss-it role in Hollywood film The Great Gatsby, says, he did the film for free as a gesture.

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Directed by Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby stars Amitabh Bachchan, Leonardo Di Caprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire.

"My role is just small and hardly of a minute. Baz Luhrmann was touring India on a motorcycle couple of years ago..going all over the country. He dropped in at my office with a friend who did some painting work for me. We just had a casual conversation and he left," Bachchan told reporters here at a promotional event of KBC.

"A year-and-half ago he called me and said he has a small role for me, which he felt was not worthy for me. He asked if I would do it and I readily agreed. I did it as a gesture. It is not remunerative...I have not charged anything...just a gesture," he said.

The 69-year-old actor, who essays the role of Meyer Wolfshiem, is seen sporting a moustache and beard in the trailer of the film.

"Many films have been made on it (novel), this is the third edition. A huge amount of detailing, research and there whole system of working is so well organised...it is a great pleasure to be working with them," Big B said.

Amitabh is happy about sharing screen space with Hollywood biggies like Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobey Manguire and others. "My experience of working with Baz, Leonardo, Tobey, Carry is wonderful. I am happy to be working with them," he said.

The Great Gatsby a 3D romantic drama , is an adaptation of the classic F Scott Fitzgerald novel with the same name.