Akshay Kumar recently opened up about drawing inspiration from the popular cartoon Tom and Jerry for his action sequences
During an interview with Pinkvilla, when Fardeen pointed out that Tom and Jerry was one of his favourites when it comes to comedy shows. Kumar went on to find out that as per him Tom and Jerry is a violent show and not a comedy show. He went on to explain that he draws inspiration from the popular cartoon for his action sequences. Quoted by the Free Press Journal, the Sarfira actor said, “Tom and Jerry is not comedy. Tom and Jerry is action, it’s violence.”
As Vaani objected to his views, Akshay added, “I’ll tell you one secret. So many action scenes I have done a lot of times I have taken it from Tom and Jerry. That whole helicopter scene, I have taken it from Tom and Jerry.” The 56-year-old actor added that he has also taken inspiration for his stunts from the National Geographic channel.