The Family Man 2 star, Manoj Bajpayee admitted that in the early 2000s he was ready to make his debut in Hollywood, but it didn’t turn outto happen. He stated that he was signed to act the lead role of an internationalmovie after the release of Pinjar and the performance was to be stared withJustin Theroux, Frank Langella, Lynn Collins, and many others.
The actor said, “I was about to get my second NationalAward for Pinjar and after that, I was supposed to go to Jaisalmer. After myNational Award function, the next day, I traveled to Jaisalmer. There I wasgoing to do a proper Hollywood film which was being directed by an NRI. I wasplaying the lead, Lynn Collins was my female counterpart and Justin Theroux wasplaying one role, Frank Langella was playing a role in that film and there were(a few other) actors in that film. Everyone was thinking my life's going to beso huge after that film because I was playing the lead with Justin Theroux,Lynn Collins, Frank Langella.”
He also went to Jaisalmer for the project he met a famousastrologer and veteran actor, Shrivallabh Vyas father who told him that theproject holds no future. He also stated the same in a session ofClubhouse with the Bollywood Film Club, which was moderated by Aniruddha Guhaas well as Janice Sequeria. He meets the actor Shrivallabh Vyas, who requestedthe actor to have lunch with his parents and to show his birth chart to his dadwho is a well-known astrologer in Rajasthan.
The actor showed the chart and asked him to tell aboutthe scope of the film and on seeing the astrologer said, ‘Nothing would happen”and to this Manoj said to see again if there was something, to which he againstated, “No, I can’t see anything.” But even after listening to the veteranactor’s dad, one half of his heart said something will happen, but in realitythe actor went for the shoot, nothing happened and they came back.