I have formed a great bond with Armie Hammer: Suhail Nayyar

The actor says the Hollywood star has no airs and they would hang out with each other between shots

It’s not every day that a young actor gets a chance to rub shoulders with Hollywood stars. Suhail Nayyar feels lucky to share screen with American actor Armie Hammer in the international project, Hotel Mumbai. Suhail says that during the shooting of the film, he and the Call Me by Your Name (2017) star would hang out together and discuss each other’s work.

Actor Suhail Nayyar’s film Hotel Mumbai premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival

“I have scenes with Armie in the film and we bonded a lot. After shooting our scenes, we would sit down and interact. He would ask me about my work and about India, and chill with me. He has no airs and was so warm and welcoming towards me. We even celebrated his birthday during the shoot,” shares Suhail, who made his film debut with Udta Punjab (2016).

Suhail has now joined a long list of Indian actors working in international films. He says that this is a very good time for actors from India to work in Hollywood, as the industry is opening up to diversity and writing “solid” Indian characters. “Slowly, they are casting Asian, Indian and Middle Eastern actors. They’ve stopped stereotyping Indians as characters with funny accent and taxi drivers. Actors from our country are now given meaningful roles,” says Suhail, whose film, Hotel Mumbai, premiered at the Toronto Internation Film Festival, recently.