Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Priyanka Chopra were a great team when it came to Hollywood chemistry with their movie Baywatch, which was the latter's Hollywood debut. Although the movie didn't do very well, Priyanka received a lot of praise for her work.
In the meantime, did you know that Dwayne secretly had a crush on the Krrish actress? Let's see what the actor has to say about it.
In 2017, Dwayne Johnson appeared as a guest on Now Showing for an interview in which he said he fell in love with the actress when he met her. The Rock said: "I love this woman, it's funny when she came to America...She was here, she signed with our agency, with my agent, we had this connection right away."
Dwayne Johnson also said: "We called each other, we were shaking right away, we shared the same DNA, the same ambition... Not only did I fall in love with her, but we had this crazy idea that she had a super villain in . Baywatch would be . Johnson went on to talk about Priyanka Chopra's role as Victoria Leeds, "I think the greatest villain of all has this great quality and ability and depth to play a villain and that's what Priyanka has. So originally it was written for a man... It's so much cooler when you turn it around and make it a woman... With Priyanka, everything is taken care of, every little detail is taken into account."
Speaking in more detail about Priyanka Chopra's role as Victoria Leeds, Johnson said, "I think the greatest villain of all has this great quality and ability and depth to play a villain and that's what Priyanka has. So originally it was written for a man... It's so much cooler when you turn it around and make it a woman... With Priyanka, everything is taken care of, every little detail is taken into account."
Baywatch was released on May 29, 2017 and was directed by Seth Gordon. The film starred PeeCee and The Rock alongside Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, David Hasselhoff and more.
Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra was last seen in The Matrix Resurrections. The film was released in 2021 and was directed by Lana Wachowski. On the other hand, Dwayne Johnson was last seen in Netflix's special Red Notice alongside Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds. The actor will next be seen as DC superhero Black Adam. The premiere of the film is scheduled for October 21, 2022 and will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
Richelle Johnson