By Hindustan Times
While the remainder of the rustic watches IPL, the one thing on Ranbir Kapoor’s mind is football. “Football is life for me. I BELIEVE if I hadn’t become an actor, I'D have definitely taken up this sport professionally,” says the 29-year-old actor, adding that he has even played the game at the
state level. “I’ve represented my school within the under-16 team football team,” he says.
The actor, who's currently shooting with former girlfriend Deepika Padukone for Ayan Mukherjee’s film, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, in Manali, says that he's an enormous fan of FC Barcelona. “I don’t like missing any in their matches. My favourite footballer is Lionel Messi. I got a possibility to fulfill him last year, and it was a super experience,” says Ranbir, who's quite desperate to visit Brazil for the 2014 Soccer World Cup.
Considering he's this kind of big fan of the sport, is he fascinated about acting in a movie that involves the sport? “I really hope to do a movie on football in future. I FEEL sport remains to be an untapped genre in Indian cinema and there were only a few exciting sport films in Bollywood that experience made a mark. I’d definitely wish to act in a movie according to football if I AM GETTING an acceptable script,” he says.