Sunny Leone shared this picture. (courtesy: sunnyleone)
Sunny Leone is on the French Riviera for her Cannes 2023 debut. Her film Kennedy, directed by Anurag Kashyap, will premiere on the prestigious movie pageant on Wednesday. Ahead of her purple carpet debut, the actress has been feeling “severe anxiety.” In an interview with Anupama Chopra’s Film Companion on day six of the grand occasion, Sunny Leone opened up concerning the “pressure of the red carpet,” her movie’s choice and her search for the large day. “I have severe anxiety, meaning severe. It’s not that I have not been on the red carpet before, I think it’s (the pressure) because it is me and something much more. The feeling behind this particular film, the feeling that it’s been chosen by such a prestigious group of juries and that it (Kennedy) made it and they appreciated it and said, ‘Yes, we want your film to be a part of this festival.’ It just means so much more.”
Speaking about her purple carpet debut, Sunny Leone shared that she isn’t paying heed to “what other people think I should wear.” The actress stated, “Something that I find very odd is the very first question people ask, ‘What are you going to wear?’ I don’t know, I am going to wear clothes? I just don’t know what it is.”
Sunny Leone continued, “There’s always this requirement for somebody that it should be like this or like that. My main goal in this whole process is to retain as much as I do, who I am and how I feel I should look beautiful and not what other people think I should wear. I hope that comes across, and translates as, ‘That is something we know is in Sunny’s comfort zone and she feels great’.”
Sunny Leone feels that she can be “confident” on the day of her purple carpet debut provided that her OOTD makes her really feel “nice”. “I know if I will feel great in what I am wearing, I will be confident,” the actress advised Anupama Chopra.
On her Instagram profile too, Sunny Leone has been “documenting” her journey to Cannes 2023. The actress shared a video on her solution to the French Riviera, by which she will be heard saying: “So excited, I’m scared, I’m nervous, I have crazy anxiety.”
Sunny Leone, who’s accompanied by her husband Daniel Weber, additionally revealed that they “almost missed our flight” in a separate clip.
“The anxiety is severe. I have been seeing everybody online and everybody looks so pretty and expresses themselves in their own way. I really hope everybody likes my expression of what I feel looks beautiful and pretty,” stated Sunny Leone in a clip from the Frankfurt airport.
Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy additionally stars Rahul Bhat within the titular function.