Frieda Pinto has described co-star James Franco as an 'unnconventional actor'.
The pair team up this week for Rupert Wyatt's The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a movie that has already topped the box office in America.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror the actress said: "James is a very unconventional actor. He's in a different zone - the kind of zone that I'm not very familiar with.
"But at the same time, there's a lot to observe and learn, and I think that's part of my job as an actor, you are observing and drawing from the environment and learning, taking it forward from there."
The 26-year-old said working on the blockbuster was a very different experience to Slumdog.
"On Slumdog Millionaire it was all new and I was completely untainted by what might happen and how the film was released and how it would be accepted," she added.
"Your first film is like a little baby. This is very exciting because I've never done anything like this before in my short, three-year career."
Pinto has worked sparingly since the success of Slumdog Millionaire making just two movies; You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and Miral.
She will be back on the big screen at the end of the year with Immortals.
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released 12th August.
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