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"Irrfan Khan has revealed that he had to reshoot his scenes in Life of Pi after a casting switch. Director Ang Lee replaced Tobey Maguire with Rafe Spall in the middle of production.    Khan told Bollywood Hungama: &amp;quot;I had to reshoot my entire role in Life of Pi. I&amp;#039;ll tell you why. Six to seven months after I finished shooting I got a call from Ang Lee saying we had to do some reshooting. You see, Ang decided to change my co-star who plays the author Yann Martel.  &amp;quot;Initially we shot with Tobey Maguire as Martel. But then after six months I think Ang felt Tobey&amp;#039;s image as Spider-Man was too strong. We needed an imageless actor to play Martel because he was a struggling writer and an actor with a strong image could be a hindrance.  &amp;quot;So Ang got Rafe Spall for the role. When I went to LA to reshoot I decided to do my entire role again instead of just reshooting bits and pieces. I discussed it with Ang, and he was game. We both felt the dramatic impact of the story hinged on my scenes with Spall.&amp;quot;  The actor added that the film&amp;#039;s reception from audiences so far has surprised him. &amp;quot;I am very excited. Before the release everyone felt the film can&amp;#039;t be sold to the audience because there was no story to sell in a nutshell. Our marketing strategy worked,&amp;quot; he said. Khan has previously been praised by The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb for his acting. In July, the Paan Singh Tomar star said that Bollywood filmmaking was &amp;quot;catching up&amp;quot; with Hollywood. Watch Suraj Sharma&amp;#039;s video diary for Life of Pi below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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