Actress Priyanka Chopra’s Hollywood kitty is on an expansion spree. She will play the love interest of Chris Pratt in Cowboy Ninja Viking .
The role in Universal’s big-budget tentpole was one of the most highly coveted, and Priyanka beat out a slew of talent after a chemistry test with Pratt went extremely well, reports variety.com.
Priyanka, who shot to fame in American showbiz with Quantico , is coming off the series’ final season. She most recently appeared in A Kid Like Jake , opposite Jim Parsons and Claire Danes, and the Dwayne Johnson-starrer Baywatch . She can next be seen in the comedy Isn’t It Romantic with Rebel Wilson.
Cowboy Ninja Viking , which is in pre-production, is being directed by Game of Thrones fame Michelle MacLaren from a screenplay by Dan Mazeau, Ryan Engle, Craig Mazin, Paul Wernick and David Reese. The story revolves around a counter-intelligence unit formed by psychotherapist Sebastian Ghislain, who transforms agents known as Triplets, a reference to multiple personalities. It is slated for a June 18 release.
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