Ranveer Singh posed nude for Paper Magazine and has left the internet in a tizzy. The actor is walking in the shoes of Milind Soman, who did it first with Madhu Sapre, and more recently by himself at a Mumbai beach.

Ranveer’s photos have become raw material for various memes on social media. Paper is the same magazine that had the illustrious photoshoot of Kim Kardashian with the champagne glass.

“My post-pandemic appetite for prolific work has become insatiable," Ranveer says in an interview with Paper, an independent pop culture magazine published in New York. "I'm so hungry for work, to do, to give, to perform, to ideate, to create, to collaborate. I have a ravenous appetite for work, I'm doing 20 hours a day and I'm damn f***ing happy about it."

"I feel like I've got FOMO about life," he continues in the interview, where he talks at length about his dystopian view of time and life, and his fear of death. "Something might happen if or when I'm sleeping. It's not sustainable, and I realise that."

He adds: "Here's the key. I'm in an experimental phase. I want to see how much I can push myself. I want to see how much I am capable of doing -- physically, mentally, emotionally. How fast can I go?"

Ranveer will be next seen in Rohit Shetty's Cirkus with Jacqueline Fernandes and Pooja Hegde. He also has Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani with Alia Bhatt on the cards.