Priyanka Chopra reveals Richard Madden protected from ‘unflattering’ angles in Citadel sex scenes
‘We helped each other’: Priyanka Chopra reveals Richard Madden would protect her from ‘unflattering’ camera angles in steamy Citadel sex scenes
Priyanka Chopra has revealed that she and Richard Madden made a pact to make sure their Citadel sex scenes look flattering on camera.
The duo stars in the Amazon Prime Video thriller series as spies who team up to face a global threat.
While there are plenty of intense action sequences in the drama, there are also some sexy moments between the pair that required an equal amount of planning.
Speak against ETimes of how they prepared, Priyanka, 40, revealed: ‘There are about 2,000 people in the room while we are shooting.’
‘We helped each other. If I wasn’t comfortable with some unflattering camera angles, I’d tell him, “Put your hand there and cover me,” and he’d tell me, “Put your hand here.”‘
Looking good: Priyanka Chopra has revealed that she and Richard Madden made a pact to make sure their Citadel sex scenes look flattering on camera
Speaking of their bond during filming, Richard, 36, added: ‘I suppose we got to know each other working on the script together, although we should be doing these battle rehearsals together, trying to mix up a story . this action and try to keep people’s intricacies and subtleties in the midst of all this spectacle that the show has. It’s just a lot of hard work.
“We like each other, so that makes it really easy. It puts us in a place where, when we’re in the picture, we can create together and have fun.’
Priyanka added, “We were both prep oriented. We were both very particular and intentional and I was like, “Thank God! It’s so nice to work with someone who does that.”
Thriller series Citadel was created by David Weil for Amazon Prime with the Russo brothers as executive producers.
In the series, Priyanka portrays Nadia Sinh, a spy with a compromised memory who teams up with her former colleague Mason Kane (Richard Madden) to fight a global threat.
While Richard and Priyanka lead the cast, the series will also feature spin-offs in different countries and languages, with completely different casts.
The Italian series stars Matilda De Angelis and is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Cattleya, while an Indian version of the show stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
The trailer for the upcoming UK version of Citadel, due out on April 28, was released on Amazon Prime Video’s official YouTube channel last month.
Intense: While there are many intense action sequences in the drama, there are also some sexy moments between the pair that required an equal amount of planning
Priyanka’s sweet comments about her co-star come after she opened up about her problems bonding with people in the Bollywood industry.
The Indian actress started out as a Bollywood star in the noughties but moved to America in 2015 when she took on a lead role in Quantico.
Speaking on Dax Shephard’s Armchair Expert podcast, she confessed, “I’ve never said this before so I’m going to say it because you make me feel safe.”
‘I was pushed into a corner in the industry. I had people not casting me, I had fights with people, I’m not good at playing that game, so I was a little tired of politics and I said I needed a break.”
Sweet: Richard said of their chemistry ‘we like each other so that makes it really easy. It puts us in a place where, when we’re on screen, we can create together and have fun.”