Priyanka in talks to join Dwayne Johnson’s Baywatch

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra is in talks to join Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch, which would mark her Hollywood film debut.

The 33-year-old actor is already creating waves internationally with her maiden American TV series Quantico. She also won her first international honour recently, People Choice Award for the best actor in a new TV series.

Baywatch is Paramount’s big-screen take on the 1990s television series about California lifeguards. Seth Gordon is directing the feature, which is paddling toward a shoot with Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach also suiting up, said The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie centres on the leader of an elite group of lifeguards (Johnson), who is forced to team up with a young, hotshot former Olympian (Efron) to save their beloved bay.

Scheduling conflicts with the film’s shoot and Priyanka’s American show Quantico still need to be worked out, but if signed, the actor would play the story’s villain.