Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has opened up about the impact of OTT and how it empowered several actors.
While talking about digital platforms, Akshay Kumar, who is currently promoting his movie ‘BellBottom’, said that the OTT has been a game-changer for many artists, whom he calls ‘character actors’.
“The push on OTT has been fast since the pandemic. What would have taken three years has happened in 1.5 years and the push is going to be more,” he maintained. “Actors have gotten visibility and they are so busy. If today, you want to cast a character actor, even if he is a little famous, he doesn’t have dates. There are many such people. You can get the biggest star’s date but not of character actors,” Akshay said.
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The actor also acknowledged that the industry has become more democratic and today, a producer always has an option to take another actor if a big star is unavailable.
“Now it’s like if one actor doesn’t have dates, you can always go to the next best. There are many such actors,” Akshay said, adding that stardom is irrelevant if one is not going after quality scripts.
