After Thiagarajan purchased the remake rights for Bollywood super hit film Queen, there have been wild speculations about the lead actress for the Tamil and Telugu remakes. Thiagarajan later announced that Kangana Ranaut, who played the titular role in the original will crown the Queen herself in a press meet soon. The grapevine was also abuzz that Samantha, the most sought after actress down South in recent times, will play the lead role in the remake.
However, the actress has rejected the offer and justifies the same. “Queen is a very sensitive subject and it should be dealt with extreme care. The subject is suitable for Hindi audiences but for the South it needs a lot of changes and I could not convince them. So I am not doing the film,” explains Samantha.