Priyanka Chopra Jonas Is OK Sitting With Idris Elba and John Cena

New York Times

6 hours ago

Priyanka Chopra Jonas gets a kick out of action — the stylistic long shots, the slow-motion explosions, the stunts.
And if there are a couple of hilarious sparring partners in the mix, all the better.
In her new film 'Heads of State,' which begins streaming on Prime Video on July 2, Chopra Jonas plays Noel Bisset, an MI6 operative on a mission to rescue the prime minister of Britain (Idris Elba) and the president of the United States (John Cena) from a global menace.
After starring in shows like 'Citadel' and 'Quantico,' 'I trust myself when it comes to action, and I get to do some really fun things,' she said. 'I love learning from the stunt department. Their experience and expertise is very exciting to me.'
But the most insane scene to shoot in 'Heads of State' involved Elba, Cena and a tight squeeze into a vehicle known as the Beast.
'It's just the three of us and a couple of bad guys, and it's raining bullets and bombs at us, and we're driving through the streets,' she said. 'It was the smallest space for the two biggest guys I've ever worked with. We used to chat about everything because you couldn't leave the vehicle in between shots often.'
In a call from her home in Manhattan, Chopra Jonas sent Malti Marie, her 3-year-old daughter with her husband, the singer and actor Nick Jonas, out on a play date before revealing why self-care days, Magna-Tiles and signature scents top her list of essentials.
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