'Quantico' Cast News: Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra Joins Cast
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra recently signed with ABC to join the cast of the network new terrorist drama series "Quantico." She will play a female lead role opposite Jake McLaughlin. This is her first assignment in the US and it is also the first time a Bollywood star joins a pilot on ABC, according to reports.
"I took a leap of faith when (ABC head of casting) Keli Lee asked me to join the ABC family, and I'm so excited to be a part of the pilot for 'Quantico' alongside an incredibly talented cast and production team," she told Variety.
Priyanka will play Jake MacLaughlin's love interest. According to The Daily Mail, the two will meet on a flight where MacLaughlin's character will charm Priyanka. He will eventually be discovered as pretending to someone he is not.
Other confirmed cast members include Aunjanue Ellis of "The Mentalist," Dougray Scott of "Taken 3," Tate Ellington, Graham Rogers, Johanna Braddy and Yasmine Al Massri.
The series will be centered on the story of a group of young FBI recruits as they are going through rigid training in the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Each of the recruits have their own dark backstories and reasons for joining the FBI and this will be explored in the series. One of the recruits will turn out to be a "sleeper terrorist" who took part in the 9/11 terrorist attack in the U.S. The show will toggle between present-day and flashbacks, according to Variety.
The series is penned and executive produced by "Gossip Girl's" Josh Safran. The network has yet to announce when the series will be shown, but it is among ABC's line up of pilots for TV season 2015-2016.
Priyanka has more than 20 films under her belt and also won the Miss Universe crown in 2000. She will continue to work in Bollywood while working with ABC.
