Co-star of Thappad, Pavail Gulati says he was very nervous because I had to slap Taapsee. “I was sweating profusely. We took seven takes to get the final scene. Something or the other wasn’t falling in place which kept on building more and more tension in me. By the sixth take, Taapsee came to me and said, ‘don’t think about anything, just slap me’. After the final shot, I hugged her, apologised to her and ran to my van and refused to see anyone. Everyone will have a different experience. I am privileged in a way that my parents were so supportive of me for becoming an actor. There are many whose parents aren’t that supportive. Privilege is from a perspective. It comes in different ways and places. It’s the way you look at it,” he stated recently recollecting the work experience he had with her.
He further praised her, “Taapsee broke that mould for me which I thought a successful actor is supposed to be. She didn’t have a crew, she doesn’t have a manager on set. She has a makeup person and one more person, that’s it. She doesn’t want much happening around her on set. She doesn’t need bodyguards, which was amazing. She just focuses on her work and thinks that other things aren’t important. She changed my perspective of looking at things which I really admire about her.”
