'Salman Khan as professional as Christian Bale, Tom Hardy'

Salman KhanHe has choreographed action for Christian Bale in The Dark Night and for Tom Hardy in Dunkirk among over three dozen films in a career nearing 30 years Hollywoods famous action director Tom Struthers who is now working on some highoctane stunts for Bollywood film Race 3 in Abu Dhabi finds Indian superstar Salman Khan no less a professional Race 3 marks the second time that Struthers is working with Salman with whom he last collaborated for Tiger Zinda Hai also widely shot in Abu Dhabi He loved the experience both timesI think you can expect the same kind of enthusiasm and highoctane action in Race 3 as Tiger but theres nothing I can tell you about the plot Struthers told IANS over phone from Abu Dhabi which is fast becoming a muchloved shooting destination for filmmakers He considers Salman as an actor who is sought after and welllikedI am very fortunate that in my career I have worked with good professional people Salman is among the highestpaid actors in the world Ive worked with people like Christian Bale and Tom Hardy I consider them to be friends and I consider them to be very very professional Never once have they been unprofessional with me Salman is in the same category He was kind caring about his people and concerned about his artistes He cares about where he is going as an actor and about what he is doing about the character he is playing added Struthers whose first tryst with Bollywood was with Nikkhil Advanis 2013 film DDayFor Race 3 being directed by Remo DSouza and starring Anil Kapoor Jacqueline Fernandez Bobby Deol Daisy Shah and Saqib Saleem apart from Salman Khan Struthers is choreographing the opening and closing sequences He hopes these stunts details of which he was guarded about are something that the audience would love Struthers along with Indian action director Anl Arasu enlisted the help of the Armed Forces of the UAE employing a Blackhawk helicopter Oshkosh trucks NIMR military vehicles and Humvees for the shoot twofour54 is providing the team production services as well as the support of its government and travel services department to ease the processThe Australian stunts star who has also worked on films like Titanic Braveheart Blood Diamond Inception and Terminator Salvation finds Bollywood becoming more professional with time I think Bollywood is in a great place right now They are experimenting with culturally different professionals in the camera stunts actiondirecting departments he said and reminisced how when he came on board for DDay he knew nothing about Indian films or Indian culture When Nikkhil Advani called me and said he wanted to meet me I said Why not It will be a new experience I will learn and you grow with experiences so yes absolutely So I met Nikkhil and he convinced me to come to India And rest is history as they say I enjoyed every moment in India People have been super nice to me I have never found anyone unpleasant And as far as I am concerned what more can you ask for he saidStruthers had missed a chance to visit Jodhpur when the team of his mentor Christopher Nolan was in the Rajasthan city to shoot scenes for The Dark Knight Rises As for his filmography he says its not purely actionheavy films that attract him I love doing the action but its also important for me to tell a story I often choose films not because they have big budgets but because I like the script the story the actors that are to be cast All that is a part of what I do I feel fortunate that I am at a stage in my career when I can do that To pick and choose the films Its not just a financial gameCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever