Hollywood actress Samantha Lockwood who has featured in movies like Shoot the Hero and Hawaii Five-0, is in Mumbai to explore acting opportunities in India. She was recently spotted meeting Hrithik Roshan and their pictures together went viral. The actress chats with mid-day.com about what she&rsquo;s looking forward to in the city!
How did the idea of featuring in Indian movies come about?
I have seen Indian movies over the last several years. I never considered being in them though. If I were to do an Indian film, it has to have a more global approach, which is what cinema is now. There are actors in Hollywood from India and that&rsquo;s how content is being created for a global audience. I was encouraged to visit India and attend some work meetings because I have a lot of friends in Bollywood. I was considering coming here since four-five years, and recently when I was in London, things just worked out.
What are the kind of roles you are looking at?
I&rsquo;m here just to get an idea of what kind of projects are being made. There are a lot of filmmakers working in Hollywood and coming back here. There are a lot of projects that have both Indian and American actors. I&rsquo;m more interested in doing action films. Hollywood is making a lot of movies, that for me is just a repeat of what has already happened, remakes and reboots. I&rsquo;m interested in doing original content. I like the storylines in Indian cinema. If there are opportunities in Amazon Prime or Netflix, that have a global audience, those are the kind of things I&rsquo;m looking to do.
Tell us about your past work and how did you decide to make acting a career?
In Hollywood, when you start out, you can&rsquo;t be too picky, you just have to get experience. I&rsquo;m lucky that the first time I was on set I got to do Lords of Dogtown. Shoot the hero with Danny Trejo and Jason Mewes was a film I got a lot of compliments for. I lived in Hawaii for five years with my mom, running a business. When I was there I shot Hawaii Five- 0, I played a guest star, an out-and-out action role. I look at working in Hawaii again in the future because that place is close to my heart. I grew up between California and Hawaii. My dad is a known actor and mum ran a commercial company so they inspired me to make it a career. I grew up on set.
Which places do you plan to explore in Mumbai?
The famous Ganesha temple and different religious sites excite me. I have visited some of the malls to buy clothes because I just came in from cold places like London and Vienna, followed by Maldives. Besides that, I&rsquo;m just getting over jetlag.
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