Hrithik pays tribute to Tussauds' team

Credits the unsung heroes the sculptors for all the Dhoom about his statue

It was becoming of Hrithik Roshan to pay homage to the sculptors at Madame Tussauds when unveiling his waxwork statue at the museum in London this Thursday.
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"I am a huge fan of the genius of these artistes. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life," he expressed.


Colin Jackman, the sculptor who made Hrithik's head. Hrithik's wife Suzanne kisses her faux hubby during the unveiling ceremony


Of the two sculptors that worked on Hrithik's wax figure, Colin Jackman worked on the head part, while Brad Sims was given charge of the actor's body.

"Hrithik's eyes are distinctive,u00a0 hazel green in colour. Also, he has got a distinctive fleck in his left eye.

These detail had to be incorporated in the wax model," explained Jackman. "Besides it was a challenge to get the physique right."

A plaster cast of his right hand was taken so that his double thumb could be accurately reproduced.

Jackman also revealed that the Tussauds team took, "lots of measurements and photos" before starting the task. "Some 500 shots of the face and body were clicked. The sittings took about two hours.
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We had to put him on a turntable to take photos all round his body." "Then we would go away and start sculpting midway," recalled Jackman.

"We wanted to call him for a second time too, just to make sure if we had got some of the measurements correct. He was very sporting," he added.

At the unveiling of the statue, Hrithik's toddler sons climbed up on the stage for a paparazzi shot. There was a sigh of relief among the people when they stopped and stood beside their real dad!

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Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar, are the only Indian actors to ever decline having a statue exhibited in the Madame Tussauds