Welsh Actor Michael Sheen talks about his Inspirational figures Satyajit Ray and Mira Nair from Indian Cinema

Welsh Actor Michael Sheen talks about his Inspirational figures Satyajit Ray and Mira Nair from Indian Cinema

Los Angeles, December 22, 2016: Indian filmmakers have made their marks in every generation. Adoring these Indian talents, acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen said the cinema of India, including movies by legendary Indian filmmakers Satyajit Ray and Mira Nair have had a big influence on him.

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"I would love to come and do something in India. It will be amazing. The films from India, the cinema of India has had such a big influence on me, watching Satyajit Ray, Mira Nair films. It is such an incredible country and culture and so I hope that I can come soon," Sheen told PTI in an interview here.

Sheen will be seen co-staring with Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Patt of 'Jurassic World' in the sci-fi romance movie "Passengers". It is a Sony Pictures Entertainment film which will hit Indian theatres on January 6 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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The movie is about two strangers Jim and Aurora, played by Pratt and Lawrence, who are on a 120-year journey to another planet on a technologically-advanced "cruise-liner" style space ship when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early.

They are forced to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction as the ship teeters on the brink of collapse, jeopardising the lives of the several thousand passengers traveling from Earth on the spaceship to the distant planet for starting a new life. Sheen plays 'Arthur', an android bartender onboard the ship.

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While sharing his experience with PTI, Sheen said the role of a robotic bartender was "physically quite uncomfortable" as he had to be strapped into a machine and had a steel rod tied through his back to facilitate his robotic movements.

In spite of the discomfort, the role was interesting to him and the actor said he had a great time working with Lawrence and Pratt, adding that "it was just such a laugh working" with them on the sets.

"They are great people, really funny and we all got along really well which is handy because it was just the three of us every day for a long time," he said.

prepared by Saptaparni Goon of NewsGram. Twitter: @saptaparni_goon

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