Priyanka Chopra Talks Stunt Work & an Injury She Sustained Shooting 'Citadel' That Left Her With a Scar on Her Face
Priyanka Chopra doesn’t want to start a career as a stuntwoman anytime soon.
The 40-year-old Citadel actress opened up about doing stunts in the forthcoming series, which she stars in with the likes of Richard Madden.
In the process, she spoke about an injury that left her with a scar on her face.
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Priyanka told Variety that she didn’t want to do her own stunts, but that she trusts herself to tackle them thanks to her years of practice.
“The mandate from the filmmakers was, ‘We would love for the actors’ faces to be seen as much as you can and where you feel safe. I’m someone who has tremendous experience with action movies and action parts,” she said. “Not just with my TV show, but my Bollywood action movies. I was working 15, 20 years ago when I didn’t even have stunt doubles. I had a little man wearing a wig with shaved arms that used to do stunts for me that were too dangerous, because we didn’t even have women at that time. So I learned how to do my stuff.”
Her onset Citadel accident happened during a “rainy London day” near the end of filming for the day.
“The ground was wet, and I went an inch in front of where I was supposed to stop. So the camera came an inch closer to me and the matte box took out my eyebrow. But you know, I have a cool scar and a good story to tell. I just put some surgical glue on her and closed her up and finished the day,” she said.
That didn’t stop her from continuing with shooting: “I didn’t want to come back and have to do that whole thing again,” she explained. “I was just like, ‘Let’s just get it done.’ I had fake blood and mud and stuff on my face anyway so you couldn’t event tell.”
Richard also weighed in on stunts for the show, explaining why he wasn’t going to miss out on them.
“I wanted to do all of the stunts because we’re trying to make the action and the drama intertwined,” he told the outlet. “I can’t just be like, ‘I’m gonna sit in my trailer and let the stunt man do it.’ They want my face in there because Priyanka and I needed to connect together, and we get to tell a bit of the story in the middle of an action sequence. We don’t want to miss out on that.”
Priyanka has been keeping busy promoting the show in New York City. She made stops at the Kelly and Mark Show and the Today Show, rocking different looks for both on Thursday (April 27). We’ve got pics in the gallery!
The actress also spoke about her relationship with Nick Jonas, revealing how she felt about their 10-year age gap.
Citadel will be released on Amazon’s streaming service Prime Video on April 28.
Scroll through all the new photos of Priyanka Chopra from her press tour in New York City in the gallery…