Akshay turns to dark literature for ‘8X10 Tasveer’

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai, March 19: Superstar Akshay Kumar seems to be gearing up for his forthcoming flick ‘8X10 Tasveer’, for the actor has turned to literature to get a grip on his character. Akshay has reportedly gone through some dark writings of Edgar Allan Poe and the 19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant to get into the skin of his role for the film. In the film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Akshay plays a man from India who becomes a forest ranger in Canada. The actor would be seen doing time travel with the help of an 8X10 photograph to solve some murder mysteries. Akki says, "I am not very fond of dark literature. That`s why it was not easy for me to play a deep, dark, moody man. But in hindsight I loved it. You seriously cannot snap yourself out of such roles. They affect your whole personality." Since Akshay wanted to understand the world of mystery and science fiction, he chose to make himself aware of supernatural and mystery thrillers which could help him pull off the role better. Well, Akshay sure appears to be emerging as a real perfectionist this time!