{"id":11885,"date":"2016-02-19T22:30:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2016-02-19T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T06:30:23","slug":"11885","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/11885\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBAYWATCH\u201d ROLE INITIALLY WRITTEN FOR A MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor at Guild Film Awards 2015 function in Mumbai, last December. (Press Trust of India)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Baywatch” antagonist was initially set to be a man but the makers decided to change the gender of the character after meeting Priyanka Chopra. <\/b>(@PriyankaChopra, @Hollywood, #Baywatch, @Siliconeer, #Siliconeer, #Bollywood)<\/p>\n

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The Bollywood star will make her Hollywood movie debut as villainous \u2018Victoria Deeds\u2019 in the Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson-starrer.<\/p>\n

Priyanka is excited to play a negative character in the Hollywood project, a reboot of the hit ’90s show of the same name.<\/p>\n

“It is so much fun to play a negative character because you have the liberty to go out of your comfort zone and do anything. Victoria is a very mean character,” Priyanka told PTI in an interview over phone from Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n

“It (the role) was initially written for a man and they were talking to me for another part. But after the director met me, they thought I would be better as a villain and then they changed the character to be a female,” said the actress.<\/p>\n

The star, whose earlier negative roles were in Bollywood movies “Aitraaz” and “7 Khoon Maaf,” will be seen taking on the Rock and his squad in the Seth Gordon-directed film.<\/p>\n

“It was really exciting that they changed the role for me.<\/p>\n

You have to be a very strong character to take on ‘The Rock’ and entire lifeguard squad. They will be six whereas I am alone. It looked very cool to me,” she said.<\/p>\n

The actress already made her successful international debut last year with ABC TV show “Quantico,” whose second season she is currently shooting.<\/p>\n

Priyanka, 33, will be next seen on the big screen in the role of a tough cop in Prakash Jha’s “Jai Gangaajal,” which releases on March 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Baywatch” antagonist was initially set to be a man but the makers decided to change the gender of the character after meeting Priyanka Chopra. (@PriyankaChopra, @Hollywood, #Baywatch, @Siliconeer, #Siliconeer, #Bollywood) The Bollywood star will make her Hollywood movie debut as villainous \u2018Victoria Deeds\u2019 in the Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson-starrer. Priyanka is excited to play a…<\/p>\n

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