The Traitors: Actor Elnaaz Norouzi prepared for six months, read psychology books

India Today

02-07-2025

Ahead of 'The Traitors' finale on July 3, actor Elnaaz Norouzi said she prepared to become a traitor for six months. In a YouTube video on her channel, the now-eliminated contestant shared that she read several books on human psychology and watched international versions of the show to hone her skills.Before her elimination, Norouzi managed to fool her co-contestants by putting up an innocent act from day one. "This just didn't come from nowhere. Everything you do, you have to be well-read and well-prepared," she said in her YouTube video.The actor then listed the books she specifically read for 'The Traitors' and said, "One of them is 'How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You', which is about acting. And then there's 'The Laws of Human Nature', which was very important for me, and it gave me so many insights."advertisementShe added, "It was so important for me to understand the other players. And then there's 'How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, Mastermind', which is what a lot of you have been calling me. There were two more that I listened to. One of them is 'Telling Lies', and 'How to Read People Like a Book'."
Watch the video here: The 'Sacred Games' fame then emphasised the importance of preparation and hard work, saying that all of this made her game very strong."It's a little scary to learn these things, because, in real life, I don't like to cheat anybody around me But all of this really helped make my game strong. Everything needs preparation, everything needs a lot of hard work," she stated.The 28-year-old also said that it wasn't about winning but doing well on the show for her. "If you get into something without knowing what you're doing, without having studied it properly, you might just do well to a certain extent. It wasn't about winning, it was about doing well on the show," Norouzi added.advertisementAs a traitor, the actor was instructed to carry out 'murders' while remaining undetected by her fellow contestants. Her strategy involved convincing others that she was unintelligent and struggling with Hindi, leveraging her status as a foreigner to enhance her disguise.Elnaaz Norouzi rose to fame in India by playing a supporting role in Netflix's 'Sacred Games'. She also appeared in Gerard Butler's 'Kandahar', and in the Apple TV+ show 'Tehran'.- EndsMust Watch