There were reports saying Hollywood Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger was approached to play the baddie in Enthiran 2. However, things did not work out and Akshay Kumar came on board instead. Now Shankar reveals the real reason on why Arnold could not act in 2.0

''2.0 will like a Hollywood film; don't assume it as some sort of a Hollywood rip off (laughs). I mean the format is like a Hollywood film. The message that the film talks is a global message. Anyone belonging to any part of the world could connect with this script. That is why we tried to get Arnold Schwarzenegger on board.

We approached him and he liked the script but at the time of the contract, things did not fall in place. Then we approached Akshay sir and he was really excited about it."