Rohit Bose Roy is ready to test his limits, physical and mental, as he joins the 13th season of Khatron Ke Khiladi. What will be his biggest asset as he steps into the show about daredevilry? His experience over a 25-year-long career, he says. At the same time, the actor looks forward to meeting the contestants, and being influenced by their “energy and enthusiasm”. In a chat with mid-day, Roy talks about who pushed him to do the reality show, especially when his competitors are way younger.

Edited excerpts from the interview.

I was approached for the show several times in the past, but somehow the timings never worked out. When they called me this time, I was in the middle of two [commitments]. I rescheduled my dates, rejigged my commitments and then said yes. I’ve wanted to do this for long.

I don’t have the luxury of time where I can do anything drastically different from what I’ve been doing for years. But I am giving my 150 per cent, unlike the usual 100 per cent, on my daily workouts. As we speak, I am on the treadmill in the club.

I’m looking forward to the dangerous stunts, but every human being goes eww when thinking of creepy crawlies [laughs]. Hero screen pe hota hai, real life mein sabki phat ti hai, meri bhi phat ti hai [Heroes are on screen. In real life, everyone is scared, so am I]. Despite my feelings, I am going to perform the tasks, even if they put me in a box with insects. I am an Arian, I don’t believe in giving up. I won’t leave a test mid-way, unless it is something beyond my skill-set. The question of quitting never arises. Look at my career — I have seen highs and lows, but there has never been a day I have quit.

I have not met all of them, I don’t even know many. I know only a couple of them. They look like a young energetic lot, exactly what you need in the show. I am hoping their energy and enthusiasm rubs off on me.

It’s difficult to gauge until you actually get into the mud, but I’d say I have a slight advantage where experience is concerned. All the stunts I have done in my films in the past 25 years [serve as good experience]. I have mental [strength], but I don’t think I have an edge over them or vice versa.

I would want the mid-air stunts in a helicopter to be included. I know it’s tough, but going on this show is about pushing your boundaries. Also, I am hoping not to be put in a box with snakes [laughs].

Manasi is more adventurous than I am. Whenever we travel, she is the one who wants to do river-rafting, kayaking or skydiving. I am more likely to sit and have champagne. She was quite kicked when I was approached for Khatron Ke Khiladi.