‘xXx... to release in India first’
The action-packed film xXx: Return of Xander Cage, which will mark actress Deepika Padukone's Hollywood foray, will release in India “before anywhere else” in the world on January 14, 2017.
“Thrilled to announce that XxX: Return of Xander Cage will release in India first! Before anywhere else in the world! January 14," Deepika wrote on a microblogging site.
The actress plays a character named Serena Unger in the upcoming international film, which features Hollywood actor Vin Diesel in the lead role.
Directed by DJ Caruso, the film is a sequel to the 2002 film xXx and 2005 film xXx: State of the Union. The film also stars Ruby Rose, Samuel l Jackson, Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa.
‘It is important to have that sense of reality (that) you will have successes and you will have failures and you will have to be somewhere in between. Being an outsider turned out to be an advantage for me. I didn't come with any preconceived notions about the way you have to do things.’
—Anushka Sharma
American actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess leia in the Star Wars series, has died at the age of 60, after suffering a heart attack. Fisher was flying from london to los Angeles on December 23, when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was being treated. She later died in the hospital.
‘Took celebs for granted’'
Actress Emilia Fox wishes she didn't take celebrities for granted when her parents — actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, used to invite their famous friends. Emilia thinks the celebrities' lives influenced her to chose her career path, but she regrets not talking to them more. “When people say to me, ‘Do you think acting is in your bloodIJ' I always said ‘No’, but I definitely feel the people I met and the stories they had to tell has given me a better understanding of the highs and lows of acting,” Emilia said.
“As a child you just take them for granted as your mum's friends, but now I wish I could sit down with them and ask them questions because I'm fascinated by their lives.”