Ileana D’Cruz On Why Bollywood Won’t Speak About The Casting Couch: ‘Will End Your Career’

Casting couch has always been a taboo topic as people don’t chose to talk about it. Celebs like  Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Richa Chadha and Irrfan Khan, have condemned casting couch immensely. In a recent interview, Ileaana D’Cruz opened up about casting couch. She went up on saying that  it might “end” the respective actor’s career.

Ileana D’Cruz was quoted saying-

“if you speak out about the casting couch, it will end your career. Years ago, a junior artiste down South, who was being propositioned by a big producer, sought my advice on how to deal with it.I told her that it’s something that I couldn’t decide for her. It is her decision and that nobody could force it on her. Many people have done it and it’s up to her whether she wants to go ahead and do it or not. As far as exploitation and harassment is concerned, I wouldn’t stand for it. The fact of the matter is that if an A-list star is accused of something like this, you will require a large number of people to come forward, including A-list actresses and actors, to make a difference. Actors in this country are worshiped. So it will take many voices for people to acknowledge that huge stars could have such an ugly side. I can’t watch Kevin Spacey’s show anymore, though I have loved it earlier because he has been accused of harassment. It disgusts me as a person.”

Well what you think about casting couch? On work front, Ileana will be next seen in Raid, co-starring Ajay Devgn, is scheduled to release on March 16.

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