Earlier
this
month,
Shabana
Azmi
shared
the
first
look
from
her
upcoming
international
show
Halo.
Backed
by
Steven
Spielberg
the
project
is
directed
by
Otto
Bathurst.
The
five
times
National
Award-winning
actress
is
yet
to
reveal
details
about
her
character,
however,
shared
details
about
the
casting
process
for
the
show.
Talking
about
the
casting,
the
veteran
star
revealed
that
she
was
cast
after
the
makers
saw
her
work
in
other
films.
She
said,
"It
was
quite
surprising
because
I
was
not
asked
to
do
an
audition.
The
casting
directors
saw
a
couple
of
my
films
and
suggested
my
name.
My
agent
Geoff
Stanton
was
in
talks
with
the
producers
without
letting
me
know."
"It
was
only
after
I
got
confirmed
that
I
had
my
first
facetime
call
with
the
director
Otto
Bathurst,
whose
work
I
had
loved
in
Black
Mirror
and
Peaky
Blinders," Azmi
added.
Talking
about
the
process
that
went
into
early
filming
the
actress
said
they
had
a
"Bootcamp
subsequently
in
Budapest,
did
some
readings,
and
workshops
and
then
on
the
sets
at
Korda
Studios."
Azmi
said
that
she
was
surprised
by
how
the
set
had
entirely
been
transformed
into
the
Halo
world.
"The
first
thing
that
strikes
you
is
how
quiet
it
is
on
the
set
-
nobody
raises
their
voice.
I
loved
working
with
Otto,
who
was
the
showrunner
but
did
only
three
episodes.
Then
Jonathan
Liebesman
and
another
director
after
that.
Their
styles
were
completely
different
although
they
had
different
strengths,"
she
added.
The
veteran
actress
reporteldy
will
be
playing
a
color
blind
character
in
the
show.
Sharing
her
first
look
for
the
show,
Shabana
had
captioned
the
post
as,
"As
Admiral
Parangosky
in
HALO
-
my
first
colour-blind
casting!
releasing
24th
March." In
the
first
look,
she
can
be
seen
dressed
in
some
sort
of
formal
attire
with
her
hair
tied
in
an
updo
featuring
show
grey
strands.
The
first
look
received
a
lot
of
love
from
B-town
celebrities
including
Vidya
Balan,
Farhan
Akhtar,
Zoya
Akhtar,
and
Anil
Kapoor,
among
many
others.
The
actress
will
soon
be
travelling
to
Los
Angeles
for
the
premiere
of
Halo
on
March
23.
Meanwhile,
apart
from
Halo,
Shabana
Azmi
will
also
be
seen
in
R
Balki's
Ghoomer
and
Karan
Johar's
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Ki
Prem
Kahani.