Posted AT 4:23 AM EDT on 03/11/05
Goodbye to Bollywood
LIAM LACEY
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
In 2001, when director Deepa Mehta was casting for the "sweet and salty" escort, Sue, for her musical comedy Bollywood/Hollywood, set in Toronto's Indo-Canadian community, she was happy to find a North American to fill the role.
She had seen Lisa Ray in an Indian movie and knew that she was beautiful and comfortable on camera, but that she didn't move like a typical Indian woman. It was enough to earn her the part.
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