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Vir Das is not comfortable with the term “actor of colour“. The actor-comedian says diversity is important, but artiste should be cast because of talent, not skin colour.
“I am not comfortable with the term actor of colour. I’m an actor and I am there to play a character,” Vir told IANS.
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“My colour is secondary to my talent. So to me, these are the larger questions that I don’t think about. I am an artiste, and for me it is about how can I make the line from the page sound good,” he added.
After spreading laughs with his comedy tour and Netflix specials, Vir is making a name for himself with his dramedy FBI series “Whiskey Cavalier“, which is aired in India on Colors Infinity and streams on Amazon Prime Video.
The show follows the tough but tender FBI agent who has a code name of Whiskey Cavalier. Vir stars as a secret agent Jai Datta. It also features Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams and Josh Hopkins.
“I had never done American TV before. I am happy to be part of the project. I am a small part of a very big show,” he said.
Talking about Indian stories finding a place in the narrative in the West, Vir said: “We are the second largest audience in the world. You can’t ignore that… And we have stories that need to be told and stories need to be catered towards us as well.
“We watch ‘Game of Thrones‘ as much America watches it and we watch ‘Avengers‘ as much anybody else watches it.