Ronit Roy Says He Had To Miss Working In Hollywood Film 'Zero Dark Thirty' Because Of Karan Johar's 'SOTY'

Ronit Roy recently revealed how he had to miss out on the opportunity of working in a Hollywood film due to date issues while shooting for Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year'.

Ronit Roy Says He Had To Miss Working In 'Zero Dark Thirty' Because Of Karan Johar's 'SOTY'

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New Delhi: Actor Ronit Roy is known for acing every role he essays with equal aplomb. The talented actor recently revealed how he had to miss out on the opportunity of working in a Hollywood film due to date issues while shooting for Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year'.

Ronit recently appeared on the 'The Kapil Sharma Show' where he talked about how he got the role in 'Zero Dark Thirty' without any audition but had to miss out on the opportunity due to prior work committments.

Introducing Ronit Roy on the show, Kapil first mentioned for those unaware that Ronit had been offered a role in the Hollywood film 'Zero Dark Thirty' but could not take it up as he had to complete Karan Johar's 'Student Of The Year', that marked the Bollywood debut of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhavan and Sidharth Malhotra.

Replying to this, Ronit said, "Yes, I was selected for the film Zero Dark Thirty, without any auditions. They told me the director Kathryn Bigelow had seen my work and wanted to cast me. I was shocked that an Oscar-winning director has selected me for her film."

He added, "But then, their films are scheduled and Karan Johar had all my dates. I asked them to shift dates, as this was a lifetime opportunity for me – to work with an Oscar-winning director in a Hollywood film. But they refused, not Karan, but they (people working with him) refused to release me, denied to cancel my dates for Student of the Year. So I had to do refuse. And, then when I called up Karan a week ahead of the Student of the Year shooting, asking when the shoot begins, he told me they are not shooting on schedule. So, that was the biggest bummer. I could not take up that offer and even they (Karan's film) did not happen on time."

In an earlier interview to a media portal in 2016, Ronit had talked about this and said, "I really regret not being able to do Homeland and Zero Dark Thirty. I would have loved to work with Kathryn Bigelow. It would have helped me grow as an actor. But I don’t live with regrets. I was busy with other commitments [when I was approached for ZDT], and the dates didn’t work out."