Sunny Leone says people can't say she is in Kennedy because of 'porn star' past: It does hurt feelings

Sunny Leone made her big Bollywood break in the film 'Jism 2' by Pooja Bhatt. She later appeared in films such as Jackpot, Ragini MMS 2, Ek Paheli Leela, and others. With her Cannes premiere for Kennedy, the actress who created her own path to Bollywood recently made headlines. Sunny Leone, who played Charlie in Anurag Kashyap's film, discussed how the movie alters people's impressions of her in an interview.

In a chat with Forbes India, Sunny said, “I believe that your actions are louder than your words. All those people who said you can’t do this, or you’re not good enough, or you know you are just Sunny Leone, the porn star, you are just this glamour quotient that we’ve added, all of these different comments that have gone on for so many years. You can’t say that this time. You can’t just say Sunny Leone is in this film because of who she is and what her past was.”

She added, “People out there don’t always know how their comments or what they say or people who write these articles that are just nasty or people who don’t believe in you, they think the worst of you. You hide behind your smile going, ‘no, it’s okay, I’m going to push past this’ but deep down inside it does hurt your feelings and it does affect you but as an entertainer, you are not allowed to show that."

After being chosen to play at the Cannes Film Festival, Kennedy generated a lot of buzz even before it hit theatres. In addition to her, the film also prominently stars Rahul Bhat, Megha Burman, Benedict Garrett, and Pramod Sanghi.