Priyanka Chopra perfect choice for 'Baywatch': Dwayne Johnson

Priyanka will be seen playing a negative character Victoria Leeds in the upcoming film

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson has praised his co-star and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and says she is the perfect choice for the forthcoming film Baywatch.

Johnson on Thursday took to Twitter to post: "Hard to balance real malevolence (hostility) with charm and humour. Perfect choice for our Baywatch...Priyanka Chopra."

Hard to balance real malevolence with charm and humor. Perfect choice for our @baywatchmovie @priyankachopra 🤙🏾
https://t.co/5WXpc00a9X

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) April 27, 2017

Priyanka, who will be seen playing a negative character Victoria Leeds in the upcoming film, re-tweeted the Hollywood star's compliment.

“I have played villain in Hindi films before, like Saat Khoon Maaf and Aitraaz, but I wanted Victoria (her character in Baywatch) to be very different… I wanted Victoria to be very feminine and at the same time very evil, as there is something very scary about that,” said Priyanka at the press conference of the film.



When asked what made her choose Baywatch as her debut film in Hollywood, Priyanka said, “After Quantico I was offered some amazing films. But I liked Baywatch the most because, one, it was a huge, big, global movie and I was a Baywatch fan when I was growing up. And secondly, I was playing a villain in the film.

“So I liked the idea that in my first film I am doing something different… I always have chosen little different path. So that’s what excites me. I wanted, after Alex Parrish in Quantico, America to get introduced to me as something completely different, because Alex is such a positive character so completely bad was a lot of fun.”



Internationally, the actress also featured in the American drama TV show Quantico.

Baywatch is an upcoming American action-comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, based on the television series of the same name. The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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