Pishachini’ actress Rutuja Sawant shared how she once encountered the casting couch in the initial years of her career andcalled it one of the scariest incidents of her life.
Rutuja said: “It’s an ordinary thing for a struggling actor to audition a lot, so at the age of 20 when I was looking for work, one day I got a call from an agent who asked me to come to his office for a meeting. The agent, instead of discussing the work, tried to get close to me and grab me. I got so scared that I ran away from that place.”
She said: “That incident gave me a lesson to be more careful when I meet people whom I don’t know. I stopped going to any meetings alone after that incident, I always used to take a friend along to meetings. Even today, I usually cross-check the details of the person I am going to meet regarding work.”
“Unfortunately, many new actors had to face such bad experiences and newcomers easily fell victim to it. But I believe that there are good and bad people everywhere, you just have to play safe and keep yourself a priority,” Rutuja concluded.
Rutuja Sawant is known for her roles in shows like ‘Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali’ and ‘Choti Saardarrni’.
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