'If you know anyone who wants to marry me, let me know'

Dino Morea is enjoying this phase in his career. In just two years, he has starred in four Web series -- Mentalhood, Hostages, Tandav, The Empire -- and produced and acted in a film, Helmet.

Recently, he made his Telugu movie debut in Agent, also starring Mammootty and Akhil Akkineni.

“I was working on myself, it made me a much better and mature actor than I used to be,” Dino tells You play the antagonist in Agent, a R&AW agent gone rogue.

I was floored by how they narrated the story to me.

It’s about three agents -- one is a boss, the other agent goes against the system and the third is a new recruit.

The cat and mouse chase, the manipulation, the mind games... all that is just right for a good action film.

I couldn’t say no to it.

When I realised that Surendra Reddy is a popular commercial director, and then someone like Mammootty sir and Akhil are in the film, you want to be part of it.

I thought it would be great to be launched into the Telugu film industry with a film like this.

How do you prepare when you’re working in a film in a language you are not familiar with?

It’s tougher because you know the story, you know what you’re supposed to communicate, you know the expressions... How you communicate is the only issue. 

The first few days, I tried mugging my lines and was totally absolutely ready on set.

But the director, who was also a story and dialogue writer, kept changing the dialogues, so it became difficult.

Then I used this other technique, which they do: Prompting.