Hrithik Roshan’s a smooth talker

It looks like actor Hrithik Roshan has a common link
with Hollywood superstar Will Smith. DNA has learnt that Duggu has taken special
acting classes from Aaron Speiser, who has been a personal acting coach to Will
in I Robot, I Am Legend, Hancock and Seven Pounds while he was shooting in
America for his forthcoming film Kites. Aaron SpeiserAaron has also helped out
Jennifer Lopez in Cantante, El, Dwayne Johnson (WWE wrestler The Rock) in Be
Cool and Mandy Moore in A Walk to Remember.An insider close to the development
of the film says, “The shoot in USA was little longish as the crew was shooting
in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New Mexico. Hrithik plays a salsa teacher in the
film.

Though Hrithik is dubbed to be a good actor, he goes
the extra mile always for his films. So he wanted to fine-tune his acting skills
as Kites is a very big film for him and he plays a character hardly essayed by
Indian actors.He suggested that he wanted to undergo a workshop and his father (Rakesh
Roshan) gave him Will Smith’s acting coach Aaron who has done over four films
with Hollywood’s biggest star. Says Rakesh Roshan, “It is true that we had hired
him but it was for around three weeks. We hired him for some finer touches like
teaching Hrithik as well as other cast members how American English needs to be
spoken. His classes have really worked. The film and the characters look
authentic. I can’t disclose how much we have paid him — that’s an internal
matter.”

The source adds, “Aaron has been paid a bomb obviously as he became Hrithik’s
acting coach in Kites and exclusively sat down with him and trained him while he
was in America. Hrithik feels the training has done him a world of good.He
followed strict schedules with him for over two weeks. Aaron has been in the
business for over 25 years and has taught Hrithik the finer nuances of acting in
a simple, straightforward, practical and inspirational way.”