I did a lot of prep for Baby Driver : Ansel Elgort

Los Angeles May 26 (IANS) Actor Ansel Elgort says he had to put in a lot of effort including learning sign language for his forthcoming film Baby Driver.

Baby Driver is the story of a young and innocent getaway driver Baby (played by Elgort) who gets caught up with a crime boss (essayed by Kevin Spacey) and his gang of criminals (Jon Hamm Eiza Gonzalez and Jamie Foxx).

I actually did a lot of prep for this film. I had to learn how to do American Sign Language for starters… Baby s foster dad is deaf. So that s how he speaks with him - sign language Elgort said in a statement.

The actor who has starred in The Fault in Our Stars and the Divergent series added: The actor I m working with CJ Jones who s just incredible is actually deaf. I also learned how to really drive how to do all the drifting all the tricks. And then all the choreography.

Sony Pictures Entertainment India s Baby Driver is slated to release in India on June 30.

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