17 Feb – Bollywood star and now Hollywood star, Priyanka Chopra has signed on to star in the upcoming "Baywatch" film based on the 1990s TV-series. She has been casted as Victoria Leeds, who will be the antagonist of the film. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson welcomed the Indian beauty with an Instagram video, just as he did when Kelly Rohrbach joined the set.
She's one of the biggest stars in the world. Insanely talented, relentlessly smokin' and extremely dangerous - perfect for #BAYWATCH. Welcome @PriyankaChopra to our bad ass and incredibly dysfunctional family. Cue RATED R slo-mo running on the beach. We start shooting next week. World.. #WelcomeToBaywatch 🇺🇸🌊🇮🇳👊🏾 A video posted by therock (@therock) on Feb 16, 2016 at 8:07am PST
She's one of the biggest stars in the world. Insanely talented, relentlessly smokin' and extremely dangerous - perfect for #BAYWATCH. Welcome @PriyankaChopra to our bad ass and incredibly dysfunctional family. Cue RATED R slo-mo running on the beach. We start shooting next week. World.. #WelcomeToBaywatch 🇺🇸🌊🇮🇳👊🏾
A video posted by therock (@therock) on Feb 16, 2016 at 8:07am PST
The 33-year-old "Bajirao Mastani" star also shared the video to her own Twitter and Instagram page, adding, "Being Bad is what I do best!!! U better watch out!!"
And it's time to tell u all officially!! #Baywatch it is @therock ! Being Bad is what I do... https://t.co/v8u0TtXUNK - PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 16, 2016
And it's time to tell u all officially!! #Baywatch it is @therock ! Being Bad is what I do... https://t.co/v8u0TtXUNK
Chopra, an emerging international star, broke into Hollywood when she landed the role of FBI trainee Alex Parrish in ABC's TV series, "Quantico". The actress, model and singer will join Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Ilfenesh Hadera and Rohrbach on the set of 'Baywatch" when it begins filming next month. Directed by Seth Gordon, "Baywatch" is set for release on May 2017.