The entire team of ‘Citadel’ kicked off its global premiere in London last week. The cast, Priyanka Chopra, Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville, were joined by executive producers of the show Joe Russo and Anthony Russo. The spy thriller is touted to be action-packed and features several high-speed sequences.
Joe recently was all praises for Pri, sharing how hard she was pushed on the sets regarding action scenes. He revealed that she had done more action on the Prime Video web series than Marvel stars Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans in the films he and his brother had directed. He felt he had never worked with an actor as enthusiastic as her and even compared her to Tom Cruise.
“The physical work she did on the show, for the amount of time she had to do it, it was the toughest we have put any actor through,” said Joe. He added that Pri carried “a lot of physicality of season one.”
He continued, "It’s the hardest job we have asked of any actor that we worked with. Even when we were doing those Marvel movies, when Robert Downey Jr puts on that helmet, he is out and CGI takes over. Chris Evans when puts on the cap, some man takes over, but there was no rest for her.”
Priyanka has revealed lately that 80 per cent of the stunts on the show are all done by her and not a stunt double. The spy series premieres on April 28 with the first two episodes. The show has already been renewed for a second series, expected to be filmed in California.