How Priyanka Chopra took up the challenge to play the bad-girl in Baywatch : Bollywood News

Now it can be told. Priyanka Chopra's role of the antagonist in Baywatch was originally meant to be played by a man. Priyanka fell in love with the part and persuaded Baywatch lead Dwayne Johnson to let her play the villain.

How Priyanka Chopra took up the challenge to play the bad-girl in Baywatch

Revealing details a source says, "Only a Priyanka Chopra can do something so sassy. Dwayne actually offered her the romantic lead opposite himself. But Priyanka didn't find that a turn-on. She told Dwayne she had been doing the lovey-dovey stuff in scores of Bollywood films. She then revealed to Dwayne how she started her career as a man-eating nymphomaniac in Aitraaz for which she won a lot of acclaim. Dwayne was impressed and accepted her challenge to let her play the villain."

Not just that, the film's producers Paramount Pictures have decided to bring out a solo poster featuring Priyanka's negative character. Says the source, "Priyanka takes on Dwayne in the film, kicks butt and indulges in heavy duty fights with him."

For an actor of Asian origin to exercise the power to actually have the role changed to accommodate her is no small matter. In the past in Hollywood, it was Angelia Jolie has replaced Tom Cruise in Salt.