The stars are definitely shining for Bollywood’s favourite diva Priyanka Chopra. Not has the actress reportedly gotten engaged to beau Nick Jonas, she has also signed a new Hollywood film in which she will be playing the love interest of Chris Pratt in Cowboy Ninja Viking.
According to Variety, the role in Universal’s big-budget film was highly sought-after and Priyanka managed to bag it after a chemistry test with Pratt went extremely well.
Cowboy Ninja Viking, scheduled to release on June 28, 2019, is currently in its pre-production phase and is being helmed by Game of Thrones famed director Michelle MacLaren.
Based on the Image Comics graphic novel by A J Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo, the story revolves around a counter-intelligence unit formed by psychotherapist Sebastian Ghislain, who transforms agents known as Triplets, a reference to multiple personalities.
Pratt is playing the role of an agent with the fighting skills and personalities of a cowboy, a ninja, and a viking.
Priyanka has made a name for herself in Hollywood. She first shot to fame with her role in Quantico, and then went onto appear in A Kid Like Jake, opposite Jim Parsons and Claire Danes. She was also seen in the Dwayne Johnson-starrer Baywatch.
She will next be seen in the comedy Isn’t It Romantic with Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth.
Priyanka was due to star in Indian period drama Bharat opposite Salman Khan but opted out of it for “a very special reason” – as per the film’s director Ali Abbas Zafar – just last week. It fuelled speculations that she may have dropped out due to her engagement. However, she is still part of Bollywood and her next film is The Sky is Pink alongside Farhan Akhtar.
