‘Money Heist’ director Alex Rodrigo picks an Indian cast: SRK as Berlin and Ayushmann Khurrana as Professor

Spanish web series ‘Money Heist’ has become a rage all around the world. The show’s plot and the stellar cast is being widely applauded for their performances. It is no secret that ‘Money Heist’ has tingled every actor’s urge to be part of this show or something similar, maybe even an adaptation. So when ‘Money Heist’ director Alex Rodrigo was asked to pick Indian actors who would fit into his show, and he had some really unique choices.

In an interview with YouTube channel Behindwoods, Rodrigo was shown pictures of several Indian actors such as Ayushmann Khurrana, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh and others. Now, Alex obviously does not know all Indian actors so he picked them on the basis of their physical appearances.

Alex said it was not easy to pick anyone, but he said that Ayushmann Khurrana looked the part of Sergio ‘El Profesor’ Marquina. The director was also shown Ayushmann’s video of talking about ‘Money Heist’ and he noted the similarities of the glasses and movement. He also picked south star ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay as Professor.

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Alex went ahead and chose superstar Shah Rukh Khan to play Berlin and Ranveer Singh as Denver.

Shah Rukh Khan as Berlin

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Ranveer Singh as Denver

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And the director wanted Mahesh Babu and Suriya to don the role of Tamayo and Suarez respectively. When asked about the rage of ‘Money Heist’ in India, Alex said, “I have a friend, who is an Indian actress, Usha Jadhav, and she told me about the phenomenon in India, and all I can say is thank you.”

Well, it will be interesting to know what the Indian audiences think about Alex’s choice of cast for the Indian version of his show(if ever made).

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