Samantha Admits Early Glamorous Roles Felt Completely Ridiculous Now

Fame often arrives wrapped in too much shine. Back then, Samantha Ruth Prabhu wore that glitter like it was a rulebook. Today, she laughs at those early years, the flashy clothes, the overdone looks, and the confusion hidden behind her smile. She calls those first few glamorous roles “ridiculous” now, but also admits they taught her more than she realized. They were messy, awkward, but necessary steps she had to trip over before finding her real rhythm on screen.

In a chat marking 15 years in the industry, Samantha opened up with a mix of humor and honesty. “When I started out, I had no clue who I was or what I stood for,” she said. “I thought glam was the only way to be noticed. I copied people, how they dressed, how they moved, how they smiled. It was exhausting.” She joked that watching some of her early scenes now makes her cringe hard. “But that was my learning curve,” she added, with the kind of ease that only comes after years of self-acceptance.

What made her words hit home is how real they sounded. Samantha, often seen as calm and put-together, admitted it wasn’t always like that. She spoke about feeling lost, rejected, and unsure, but still pushing through. “Fifteen years feels long, but also like a blur. Every mistake, every bad scene, every ‘no’ shaped me a little,” she said. She also mentioned she had no mentor or big names guiding her, everything she figured out came from falling, failing, and trying again.

Now, she seems more settled than ever. No rush, no pretense, just comfort in who she is. I wouldn’t erase my past even if I could, she smiled. The flops, the hits, the awkward years, they made me who I am. For someone who once felt buried under all that glitter, Samantha’s glow now feels more real, less polished, and a lot more her.