A few years ago, Priya Kansara was working in an ordinary office communications job for a healthcare pharmaceutical company. Now she’s fulfilling her childhood dream of being a leading actor, scaling buildings, learning jiu-jitsu and doing backflips in her latest film, Polite Society. With no previous stunt experience, Kansara describes the process as “jumping into the deep end”.
“The shooting schedule was so intense,” she says, recalling the third and final shot of one particular Friday evening. With 15 minutes left of the week’s filming, she was put in a harness and tasked with performing a major stunt. She remembers how worried everyone was on set that they wouldn’t get the shot in on time to enjoy a “stress-free weekend”. But, thankfully, Kansara executed the move flawlessly. “It was the best feeling ever – I could not believe I did it myself. Before they even yelled ‘CUT!’ I was already celebrating.”
