Since the Olympic gold medal won by the country was for hockey, and as Akshay Kumar plays the captain of a hockey team, three hockey experts were chosen to coach the actor in the nuances of the game.
Says a source close to the film, “Akshay needn’t have learnt the game. He is sporty and outdoorsy by nature. Also, he won’t be shown so much on the field. This movie is not going to be so much about the game of hockey itself like Chak De! India was. It is going to be about what went on behind the scenes, how Akshay as the captain of the team prepared the team and led them to the dramatic victory.”
Akki has now reached a zone where he won’t plunge into a character without his homework. For Gold, he not only learned hockey but will also age by at least ten years during the narrative.
Apparently, Akshay has asked his director Reema Kagti to let him show the physical changes in his character without resorting to makeup.
The source adds, “Akshay wants to use his body language to highlight the character’s progress without external props. He has played real-life characters in Airlift and Rustom. But he didn’t need to transform physically until now for this role.”
