Ileana
D'Cruz
Was
Offered
The
Female
Lead
In
Wanted
While
talking
to
Mumbai
Mirror,
Ileana
D'cruz
revealed
that
she
was
approached
for
Salman
Khan's
Wanted.
She
Was
Supposed
To
Make
Her
Debut
Opposite
Salman
The
actress
quipped,
"I
was
happy
that
my
first
film
would
be
with
Salman."
But
"When
Boney
(Kapoor)
sir
asked
me
to
do
a
photo
shoot,
I
had
to
say
no
because
I
had
exams.
I
didn't
think
I
handled
it
well
because
I
didn't
understand
the
gravity
of
the
offer.
It
was
all
about
completing
my
exams." The
role
later
went
to
Ayesha
Takia.
That's
How
Barfi
Turned
Out
To
Be
Her
Bollywood
Debut
After
turning
down
this
Salman
Khan
starrer,
Ileana
later
made
her
debut
in
Bollywood
with
Ranbir
Kapoor.
Why
Ileana
Used
To
Call
Herself
'Akshay
Kumar
Of
South'
In
the
same
interaction,
the
'Baadshaho' actress
revealed
that
she
used
to
sign
films
in
South
without
even
thinking
once.
She
joked
that
she
was
the
Akshay
Kumar
of
South
as
she
used
to
do
four
films
a
year.
Ileana
said,
"He
does
good
films,
some
films
of
mine
were
good
too
but
some
weren't.
I
was
just
signing
films
without
wanting
to
do
good
work."
Ileana
Thought
People
Won't
Watch
Her
Films
She
further
said,
"When
I
started
shooting,
I
thought
people
won't
watch
the
film.
It
was
a
stupid,
carefree
and
careless
attitude.
If
I
had
done
a
Bollywood
film,
I
would
have
made
a
fool
of
myself."