'Citadel' Led Priyanka Chopra To Learn And Speak Six Languages; Read Details Here -

At a panel discussion at the recently concluded Tribeca Film Festival in New York, actor, producer, and philanthropist Priyanka Chopra Jonas, along with director Anthony Russo, spoke passionately about her upcoming sci-fi espionage series, Citadel.

The actress explained what really drew her to this global action franchise that demanded months of her time and that led her to learn and speak six languages. "You don’t have to watch the American show to understand; stands alone. But if you watch all the other shows, they’re all connected—and that’s never been done on television. To be able to offer a show that cross-pollinates audiences and languages is just so exciting to me. So it was innovative, and that’s what I loved about it."Priyanka Chopra Jonas was an obvious choice to headline the show for Jennifer Salke and director Anthony Russo. "When she brought up Priyanka, it was like a light bulb went off. It was so intelligent and so smart because Priyanka represents the essence of what we’re trying to do with the show. The fact that she’s done such amazing work in India internationally. She has this sort of dual identity—a foot in both worlds."Set in the near future, the storyline centres on a global spy organisation called Citadel that Russo describes. Priyanka plays one of the top agents at the Citadel, alongside Richard Madden of Game of Thrones fame, revealed Russo. "This agency ends up coming into conflict with a new rival agency that has been developed by the world’s elite to sort of protect their self-interests. So it’s a global struggle between these two competing points of view about what humanity should be."