Priyanka Chopra joins the cast of Keanu Reeve’s Matrix 4
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra will be starring in the fourth film of the Matrix series. The film has Keanu Reeves in the lead role. Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Neil Patrick Harris will be seen in other major roles. As per reports, Priyanka Chopra is currently shooting for the film in Berlin. The cast of ‘Matrix 4’ trained hard for weeks for fight sequences in the film. They resumed shoot only recently after production was halted in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Production in San Francisco had been completed prior to the lockdown.
‘The Matrix’, the original film of the franchise was released in 1999. The science-fiction action film was heavily influenced by martial arts films. This was followed by two more parts that were released in 2003. All three films of the Matrix franchise received critical acclaim and were also praised by the audience. The franchise enjoys a cult status among film lovers worldwide. It is indeed a proud moment that an Indian actress has bagged a major role in it.
Priyanka Chopra has several other exciting projects in the pipeline. She had recently signed a ‘two-year multimillion-dollar first-look television deal’ with Amazon. Through this deal, she aims to bring more South Asian representation to the global television.
Priyanka will also be seen in Sheela, a Netflix docu-series. She will be portraying the role of Ma Anand Sheela, assistant to guru Bhagwan Rajneesh aka Osho. She is also part of the film adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize winning novel The White Tiger’. The Netflix film also starring Rajkummar Rao is being directed by Ramin Bahrani of ‘Fahrenheit 451′ and ’99 Home’ fame.
