Aladdin actress Naomi Scott talked about the time when she was a Bollywood beauty
Actress Naomi Scott, who was praised for her performance as Princess Jasmine in the live-action Aladdin film, recently revealed that a crew member once mistook her for Deepika Padukone. Naomi said that she really likes it and hasn’t even cured the person who thought she was Deepika.
This hilarious incident was recalled by Naomi Scott when she was promoting 2019 Disney’s Aladdin. She revealed that Deepika Padukone was mistreated by a crew member while she was watching Deepika’s song Nagda Sang Dhol on the set. The song was in Deepika’s 2013 film Ram-Leela opposite Ranveer Singh.
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In an interview with the BBC, when the interviewer asked her if Princess Jasmine was inspired by Deepika Padukone, Naomi Scott said, “I want to tell you this funny story. Do you know the drum with Nagda? I was playing it on the set – and I had an American cast and crew so I’m playing it because I like that song a lot, and there was literally someone like, ‘Oh this is so beautiful, Nay, what it’s you?’ And ‘as it was,’ yes it is, it is. ”
Naomi Scott said, “I thought to myself, you could be compared to people worse than Deepika, so I think she’s very pretty.”
Aladdin was directed by Guy Ritchie, the film was a huge success. Little is known that Bollywood actress Tara Sutaria was also considered for the role of Princess Jasmine.
