Ali Fazal says he did not want people to focus on Guddu’s look in Mirzapur, wanted to ‘run away from that’: ‘Everybody is about looks’

Ali Fazal said that he wanted to create a character in Mirzapur that was more than his looks.

Ali Fazal will soon be seen in the third season of Mirzapur.

Ali Fazal has been a part of many international and Indian projects but the web series that made him a household name was the Amazon Prime Video series Mirzapur. Playing Guddu Pandit in Mirzapur brought Ali a different kind of fame and while on the show, the character first appears to be the kind of man who is only focused on his looks, the audience discovers more about him as the show proceeds. For Ali, it was a challenge to make Guddu a character that isn’t just about his looks.

In a roundtable chat with Zoom, Ali said that at first, everyone was just focused on the looks but he wanted to draw people inside the character’s head. “Like Mirzapur, I thought… At first everybody is about looks. Like how we should look. And my biggest thing was, I want to run away from that and pull people into this guy’s head. It’s always fun when you are in my little toy land. Then, I can play. Then, I’m having fun,” he said.

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In an earlier chat with Jist, Ali Fazal shared that he chose not to have any protein shakes or other additives to bulk up for Guddu but made other changes in his diet and lifestyle. “My most boring time in my life was working out for Mirzapur. I couldn’t sleep. We would work out for three hours everyday and while doing that, you have to maintain your peace because we are creators. I refused to use wrong means,” he said.

He also shared in the same chat that he almost had a fight with his director because he did not see Guddu having a full head of hair. “For Guddu, I had to almost fight with my director at the time that I don’t see him having hair,” he said. Ali mentioned that he was first offered the role of Munna, which was eventually played by Divyenndu. “I wasn’t even offered Guddu first, I was offered Munna. I said this is a very author backed role and it’s a great role but I think I can bring something more to this (Guddu),” he said.

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Mirzapur Season 3 is expected to release in 2024.

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