Priyanka Chopra Jonas is in town, all ready to promote her web series debut Citadel that is directed by the Russo Brothers and will premiere on Prime Video. The actress is seen in the role of a top-notch spy and stars alongside Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci, Rolaand Moller and Lesley Manville. In a recent interview, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo lavished praise on the actress and said that the show is an answer to the James Bond movies.
In a recent interview, the Russo Brothers were asked whether Citadel is their answer to the Bond franchise. To this, Joe Russo said, “It’s an accurate way to talk about it, without question. I mean, we loved Bond growing up.” Then Anthony Russo said, “We’re immense fans of Bond, but our job is to try to take what we love about these sorts of genres and films that have influenced us and figure out ways to push them into spaces and places that surprise us … Our job as storytellers isn’t to bring you another version of Bond. Our job as storytellers is to bring you a fresh experience that you are excited and surprised by. So hopefully we hit that mark. We’ll see.”
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— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 30, 2023
Anthony went further and commented on how Priyanka’s character was based on what Bond for women can look like and said, “This is a genre that traditionally has a male lead. And so what was interesting to us was upending that. Priyanka is really gifted physically. She is a badass on camera and she kicks a lot of a** in the show. Without giving too much away, her character is driving a lot of the action for the better part of the series, and Richard’s character is playing catch up. That was a really interesting and exciting idea for us.”
Citadel’s second trailer was released a couple of days back that gives more glimpses of Priyanka and Richard doing some amazing action sequences. The show premieres on Prime Video on April 28.
(Source: Total Film Magazine)
