KEN ABLE

VARUN SOOD LOVES ALL THE ATTENTION HE'S GETTING, FINDS TANZIM PARDIWALLA

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“Has anyone ever told you that you look like Flynn Rider from Tangled?” I ask Varun Sood on a candid phone call. He laughs, “Yes, I get that a lot. I take that as a compliment.” Clearly, it’s a popular opinion the young actor has garnered for his good looks and undeniable charm. Sood instantly made waves in the weeks after the release of Call Me Bae on OTT. The series saw him play Prince, a gym trainer who falls for an heiress (Ananya Panday). He played the character with a Ken-like endearing quality that feels like an extension of his real-life persona. Varun reflects on how his roles often mirror his own personality, saying, “All the characters I’ve played have a reflection of me. In acting, you’re taught to empathise with your character and find similarities to make it your own.”

He relates to his character Prince from Call Me Bae, who loves making people happy and is helpful—traits he has in real life. Opening up about playing a green flag man in a world of films that celebrate hypermasculinity, Varun shares, “All kinds of men exist in this world. You’ll find green flags, red flags, grey flags. Every colour of flag in today’s day and age.”

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