BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 21:58:00
A—team is hollywood. and i said, i got to have to go fight there. it took me two years or three years. and, you know, when i was offered elizabeth, ifirst said no. it was a very funny story. i was offered and it was called like, you know, a costume drama and history. i didn't see myself as being capable of doing that. and then i spoke to tim bevan, the producer, and i said, ok, shekhar, take the risk. how, in your eyes, has representation evolved during that time? well... it was a hard fight because every script i used to get, after elizabeth was a huge success, every script i used to get wa...