Tiger is ‘scared and excited’ to step in the shoes of Stallone

Actor Tiger Shroff (right) will step into the shoes of Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone (left) for the Indian remake of Rambo, and the actor says it would be “cool” to have the Hollywood star in the film.

Rambo remake will be directed by Siddharth Anand, who had previously helmed Hrithik Roshan starrer Bang Bang (2014).

Tiger is aware that it is a big role, he says he might also get to meet Stallone for the film. “Rambo remake is one of my most exciting projects lined up. I am very scared and excited. Scared because I have big shoes to fill, and excited because it is something up my alley and I really want to go all out for the film. I am definitely planning to meet him (Stallone), that’s in the pipeline,” Tiger says.

In an instagram post earlier, Stallone, 70, had written that he was confident that Tiger would do a good job and “he will put his heart and soul into it”.

When asked if the makers plan to rope in Stallone for a guest appearance, Tiger says, “That would be so cool. I think the makers definitely have something special planned. But let’s see if that is on the cards or not.” The 27-year-old actor is currently promoting his next, Munna Michael, after which he will start working on the sequel of his hit Baaghi (2016). While the first film of the franchise was directed by Sabbir Khan, choreographerfilmmaker Ahmed Khan has been roped in to direct the sequel.

About the sequel, Tiger says, “We are definitely scaling up this one. Ahmed and Sajid (Nadiadwala) sir have done a great job working on the script and the story; got on board great writers and something magical is going to happen with it.”

The actor 27-year-old actor will feature in filmmaker Karan Johar- backed Student of the Year 2, which he says will go on floors somewhere around October-November this year.