conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall. “I found out that I got the role from a call from the creatives.
. . (They said) I really got the essence of the character and they wanted me to play the role,” he says.
“I was really excited. As soon as I found out I got my dad to email them and get the scripts so I could read them immediately.” Jay Khan, the eldest son of Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Riz Ahmed’s troubled marine who kidnaps his sons because he is convinced the world is about to end due to an alien invasion.
With its youthful ensemble cast, Chauhan says filming Me reminded him a bit of his early theatre days in children’s theatre. There was a lot of bond-building camaraderie on set, which included secret handshakes between the cast, Uno games, pool parties, foosball matches and arm-wrestling competitions..
