Priyanka Chopra has found success in Hollywood. There is no question about it. On the music front, she has collaborated with the likes of Pitbull which resulted in the song ‘Exotic’. Her TV show Quantico is a huge hit and has been renewed for a third season. She has appeared on several major talk shows including one hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and another by Ellen DeGeneres.
Priyanka Chopra has found success in Hollywood. There is no question about it. On the music front, she has collaborated with the likes of Pitbull which resulted in the song ‘Exotic’. Her TV show Quantico is a huge hit and has been renewed for a third season. She has appeared on several major talk shows including one hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and another by Ellen DeGeneres. She has made memorable appearances at the Oscars, the New York Fashion Week and has graced several red carpet affairs.
But it looks like Chopra’s debut Hollywood film is not doing so well and could finally end her success streak.
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, Baywatch is the film reboot of the wildly popular TV series of the nineties and features Chopra as the villain. Currently, Baywatch has a 14 per cent “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes website, making it is one of the least rated films on the US box office right now.
Reed Tucker of New York Post said that the film ‘washes up on the beach like a dead whale’. Tucker also criticised the film’s treatment of female characters. “The script spends much of its time developing the banter-driven relationship between the male leads, leaving the unfortunate female members of Team Baywatch little to differentiate themselves from one another beyond their cup size and hair color.”
In regards to Chopra’s presence in the film, many critics noted that she was only there to act as eye-candy. “Even Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, the underused villain of the piece, looks like she was contractually obliged to show as much flesh as permissible,” wrote The Guardian’s Steve Ross.
