When an actor gets into the shoes of a character, he ensures that he gets completely engrossed in it, copying every minute detail like a chameleon. And with an efficient makeup and costume team, looking like someone these days is not tough at all.
Back in 2015, Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda played the role of the wanted Indian-origin French serial killer Charles Sobhraj in the movie ‘Main aur Charles’.
Hooda nailed the look and body language of Charles AKA ‘The Bikini Killer’ in the movie. And it was so seamless and on-point that a leading Indian newspaper got confused with the reel and real Charles Sobhraj and published Hooda’s picture from the movie instead of that of the OG serial killer.
The Supreme Court of Nepal recently ordered the release of serial killer Charles Sobhraj who has been in jail since 2003 on murder charges. The court claimed he was in jail for more than his sentence tenure.
To disseminate this news, TOI used the screengrab of Hooda from the 2015 film.
This got the attention of the actor himself who was confused if this was a backhanded compliment for him or if the publication legit made this blunder.
So, he took to Twitter to bring this issue to everyone’s notice. He wrote:
“Is that a back handed compliment @timesofindia or did you genuinely get confused between the “real” and “reel” Charles Sobhraj?”
Is that a back handed compliment @timesofindia or did you genuinely get confused between the "real" and “reel” Charles Sobhraj ? 🤔😜 pic.twitter.com/5Fa1DwMjra
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) December 23, 2022
People online had a good laugh on knowing about this mistake. Some even said that they are not at fault as Hooda very impressively transformed himself into the character.
They got confused cause you literally metamorphosed into Charles Sobhraj for that role. Can’t blame them!
— Zainab Sikander (@zainabsikander) December 23, 2022
@timesofindia editor now😅 pic.twitter.com/ljVZf30Tfb
— santosh jr (@santoshjr9) December 23, 2022
Shows acting intensity pumped in the role. Take it as an achievement.
— Rajiv Kumar Mishra (@rajivjournalist) December 23, 2022
oh… Human mistake. But you really made it difficult to differentiate b/w REAL and REEL.
— पन्ना लाल (@itsmepanna) December 23, 2022
Hahahahhahahah u were brillaint in it so im not surprised
— Salilacharya (@Salilacharya) December 23, 2022
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
State of #journalism today.— nirupama kotru (@nirupamakotru) December 23, 2022
Ha ha. True.
— Adil Hassan (@adil8877) December 23, 2022
this is so funny!
— Surabhi Prasad (@surabhi_prasad) December 24, 2022
I am sure after this you will be picked by some police very soon 😝
— Kumar Manish (@kumarmanish9) December 24, 2022
Guilty as charged for an amazing performance @RandeepHooda
This is your punishment & reward for the same
You were brilliant as Charles
If Arun Govil is still remebered as Ram
You’re “The face of Charles 🙂” pic.twitter.com/ZtxYYQXxVM— RAJEV PAUL (@Rajev_Paul) December 24, 2022
The likeness is spectacular. Best wishes.
— Sonny Chatrath (@schatrath) December 23, 2022
I would take that as a compliment!
— सुमंत (Sumant) 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 (@sumantv) December 24, 2022
This is hilarious but I won’t blame them. You did an amazing job of getting into the character.