Exclusive! Roshan Mathew on Gold: Alphonse Puthren could cast me as a tree and I would still do his film

While several filmmakers are vying with each other to work with talented actor Roshan Mathew, the actor recently ticked off a wish from his checklist by collaborating with Alphonse Puthren in the latter’s upcoming movie Gold, which has Prithviraj Sukumaran and Nayanthara in the lead.

In a recent interview with OTTplay, the Kotthu and Oru Thekkan Thallu Case actor opened up about his role in the film and why he had always wanted to work with the Premam filmmaker, who had helmed Gold after a gap of seven years.

The actor tells us the decision to do Gold was “purely all heart”. “Alphonse Puthren as a filmmaker has inspired everyone. I just wanted to work with him. He could cast me as a tree, I would still do it. It’s a very small part but it was worth every bit of my excitement,” Roshan says.

While working in Gold was purely based on his interest to collaborate with the filmmaker, the Kotthu actor told us that as much as possible he tries to choose roles that are different from his previous ventures. When that doesn’t work, he makes logical choices.

“More often than not, you are in a situation where there are some positives and some not so exciting aspects to the project and then you have to make a logical decision whether to take it up or not. There are practical reasons for doing films too – you have to be financially stable and be occupied enough to not go down a rabbit hole,” he says, adding that even in such situations he tries to pick a movie that allows him a chance to do something that he hasn’t done before.

Roshan’s upcoming films include Siddharth Bharathan’s Chathuram, Lijin Jose’s Chera and a web series. The actor is also part of Fahadh Faasil’s Dhooman, which will be directed by Kannada filmmaker Pawan Kumar and is produced by Hombale Films.