India, Nov. 6 -- Action star Vidyut Jammwal is set to make his Hollywood debut with a live-action reboot of Street Fighter, the popular video game franchise. The martial artist will play Dhalsim, the only Indian character in the Street Fighter universe, and has been to the US for test shoots and filming over the last couple of months.

Actor-comedian Andrew Schulz, who is also starring in the film, recently revealed his first meeting with Vidyut on his Brilliant Idiots podcast with Aakash Singh. Andrew recalled how he first thought that Vidyut was in costume and began teasing him for it, not realising that it was just how the actor dresses normally.

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