washington [US]April 27 (ANI): Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has revealed how she feels about performing stunts on the sets.
Jonas will soon be seen in the web series ‘Citadel’ alongside actor Richard Madden. He recently admitted that he doesn’t like doing his own stunts on the sets. Priyanka said, ‘I didn’t want to do my own stunts.
According to a report in US-based media house Deadline, Priyanka recalled her experience doing her own stunts not only for her American TV shows but also for Bollywood films, in which she has worked for a long time.
The ‘Citadel’ actress said, “I trust myself to do it, the mandate of the filmmakers was, we want the faces of the actors to be seen as much as possible and where you feel safe. I am one of them.” who has tremendous experience of action films and action parts. Not just from my TV shows, but from my Bollywood action films. I was working 15, 20 years back when I didn’t even have stunt doubles. I had a small who wore hand-shaven wigs who used to do stunts for me that were very dangerous because we didn’t even have women at that time. So I learned how to do my own stuff”.
She also revealed how she got the scar because her left eyebrow had an unfortunate run into the camera. Describing the incident, she said, “It was at the end of a rainy London day, and we were losing the light, so it was. Let’s hurry, hurry, hurry. The ground was wet, and I was moved an inch further than where I was supposed to stop. So the camera came an inch closer to me and Matt Box raised my eyebrows. But you know, I have a good scar and a good story to tell. I just Put some surgical glue on it and sewed it shut and ended the day.
Priyanka later said, “I didn’t want to come back and do all that again, like ‘let’s just get it done’.” I had fake blood and mud and stuff all over my face anyway, so you can’t even tell.
Madden, who performed extensive stunts for the film, explained why he agreed to do such action sequences for the film. The actor said, “I am in a very mild pain, I am not as young as before. There is a lot of stretching that is going on now. But it was worth it. I wanted to do all the stunts because we can mix action and drama.” I can’t be like, ‘I’m going to sit in my trailer and let the stuntmen do it.’ They want my face there because Priyanka and I needed to join together, and we get to tell a little story in the middle of an action sequence. We don’t want to miss that.”
‘Citadel’ will premiere on April 28 on Amazon Prime.
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