Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma was scared while doing Salman Khan's Sultan as she felt that she did not look like a wrestler.
"Earlier, I was very scared as I don't look like a wrestler. We have a perception that wrestlers are of a particular size. I used to often question producer Aditya Chopra as to how can this happen (looking like a wrestler)," Anushka told reporters at the trailer launch of Sultan last evening.
"But when I did some research, I found out that there were people internationally who looked like me," added Anushka.
Anushka did not want to use a body double in the film.
"I learnt the moves and the technical way of doing it (wrestling). I am very happy that I did it. As of now, if I see wrestling, I will understand how it happens. I am grateful for the opportunity. I was sure that we won't use a body double. I felt that if I have learnt something, I want to show it properly. I worked hard and I am happy that I got to do it," said Anushka.
Salman Khan interrupted Anushka and said that she is a trained wrestler now.
For the 28-year-old actress, getting close to someone and fighting was uncomfortable.
"I think as an actor and as a girl, you are not used to having someone so close. In the beginning I, used to feel very uncomfortable. When I saw a lot of videos, I realised that you have to go all into it and do it correctly. I went for it and did not care about anything," said Anushka.
To get into the skin of her character of a wrestler, Anushka learnt a few things.
"I had a good team of trainers. I was prepared before the shooting started. Luckily, there were no injuries. But injuries can happen if someone is fighting or wrestling throughout," said Anushka.
Anushka got six weeks to prepare for the film and she is glad that everything went on smoothly.
"The kind of work that goes into wrestling is something we have not seen before. I am happy that I got to experience it in fragments. It has been a good experience and I am going to hold it close to my life," said Anushka.
This is the first time that Anushka will star in a film with Salman.
"It's the story of two wrestlers. They understand the ups and downs of each other as they are in the same profession. My character in the film says - in life if you start focusing on one thing too much, you forget important things. So their love story goes up and down and it shows how it affects his life," added Anushka.
'Sultan'is slated to release on Eid.
