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"Suraj Sharma has admitted that the Life of Pi shoot was at times difficult. The Indian actor stars in Ang Lee&amp;#039;s latest film as a teenage boy who is trapped on a life-raft with a tiger from his family&amp;#039;s zoo.  Speaking about Life of Pi with USA Today, Sharma recalled the strict diet of tuna and lettuce he ate exclusively in order to appear thin. &amp;quot;It was very intense. I guess we did it, somehow,&amp;quot; he noted. &amp;quot;[The character] Pi was going through a hard time, and I could use that difficulty, too.&amp;quot; Sharma went on to suggest that he ultimately grew comfortable on the life-raft in which he spent most of the shooting sessions. &amp;quot;I knew that boat. It became kind of a safe space for me,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;I loved lying down in the boat and letting the waves lull me to sleep.&amp;quot; Sharma&amp;#039;s Life of Pi co-star Irrfan Khan recently revealed that he reshot all of his scenes due to a casting change during production. Life of Pi is now playing in the US and opens in the UK on December 20. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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