Blinded By The Light star 'can't listen to the charts' after discovering Bruce Springsteen:
"But I think seeing anyone that looks like myself mirrored within a culture was really cool. To see Asian people on telly was really cool because I think subconsciously that's a big thing that people want, to see yourself reflected within a culture that is your own. Or in popular culture. I think that's really important and that's what I latched on to when I was young."
Blinded By The Light is Kalra's first film. Despite having to play a real person who is still alive to see his performance, the young actor says that didn't make it harder."It's quite cool… it's his actual life," he says."But it wasn't like I had to play Churchill or something, someone who's really instantly historically recognisable.
But for Aaron Phagura, who plays best mate Roops - the school friend who introduced Manzoor to Springsteen, and is still his best mate today - that was the biggest pressure. "I feel like that was the most nerve-racking thing for me, playing not only someone that existed but someone that's actually alive and going to be watching this portrayal of him," he says.
"Of course, you don't wanna do an impression of him but I kind of felt like I want him to watch and see a version of himself. And I literally just spoke to him last night and he said watching me was like deja vu. It was the best compliment I could have got after taking this role. Everything else is just a bonus, but for me my main goal was for him to see him in me."
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