Alia Bhatt on her transition from Bollywood to Hollywood for Heart of Stone: Acting in English suddenly felt a bit 'strange'

Netflix's upcoming film, Heart of Stone, marks Alia's Hollywood debut and also stars Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan in pivotal roles.

Alia Bhatt in Heart of Stone (PC: YouTube screengrab)

Heart of Stone is the most anticipated film on Netflix due to its high-packed action thriller story but for the Indian cinephiles, it's mainly because the movie marks Alia Bhatt 's Hollywood debut. Directed by the Peaky Blinders fame Tom Harper, the forthcoming OTT flick also stars Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan.

In a recent interview with Toronto Sun, Alia revealed that from going Bollywood to Hollywood, the biggest challenge for her was acting in English. "Cause I am so used to speaking in Hindi, suddenly on day 1 speaking in English was weird. Even though I speak in English most of the time. But, acting in English suddenly felt a bit strange," she added.

The Indian actor also shared that it was a bit awkward on the first couple of days on sets as well, however, the process of a film set all over the world is exactly the same.

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Moving on speaking about her character, the Indian actor told the news portal that to play a good villain one needs to have a belief in the purpose. She further mentioned, "I think there are two sides to a story. Sometimes, you are on the wrong side, sometimes you are on the right side and sometimes you are just on the opposite side. So as long as you on your side truly and deeply believe, that other people are villains, you are not the villain really."

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Written for screen by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder, the espionage action thriller drama also stars Sophie Okonedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer.

Heart of Stone is all set to have a direct-to-OTT release on August 11 on Netflix.

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