Jonathan Groff was the first actor cast in the rom-com A Nice Indian Boy and he had no idea Karan Soni was also gay when he suggested the actor for his love interest!
The co-stars hit the red carpet together while attending the premiere during the opening night of NewFest on Thursday (October 10) at SVA Theater in New York City.
They were joined on the carpet by director Roshan Sethi, who happens to be Karan‘s longtime partner!
In a new interview with The Daily Beast, Roshan revealed that Jonathan requested Karan to be his love interest in the movie without knowing they were a couple, or that Karan was gay.
The article notes, “Sethi thought he’d have to work to court Groff—’An independent film needs a famous white person to get made,’ he half-jokes—when in actuality Groff was already envisioning the exact film that now exists.”
Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “It’s awkward love-at-first-sight when shyly confident doctor Naveen Gavaskar (Soni) meets dreamy Jay (Groff) on his hospital’s picture day. The two men have more in common than meets the eye, and as their relationship quickly develops, the couple faces their biggest challenge: the approval of Naveen’s family.”
Jonathan‘s exciting next project was just announced.
