Actor Upendra Limaye revealed that he had initially refused to star in 'Animal'. He shared that Sandeep Reddy Vanga's assistant Jeetendra Bhosle had approached him for the film. "I told him, 'I don't do just one scene...leave it'. He called 2-3 times again...After a couple of months, he told me...Sandeep sir only wants me to do that role," said Upendra.