Priyanka Chopra Jonas has carved out a formidable place for herself in Hollywood, and the action genre has been her stronghold. From Quantico to Citadel to The Bluff, she has built a reputation for being the one who picks up a gun or lands the knockout punch. After back-to-back projects defined by that kind of physical firepower, the actress is now reaching for a very different kind of weapon in Bluefly.

While the shift is a welcome breath of fresh air for her audience, the star herself could not have been happier about it.

The words Priyanka Chopra and thriller, when paired together, almost always generate a picture of the actress looking dapper with a weapon strapped somewhere on her and an explosion going on somewhere in the background.

However, Nimród Antal has played his own twist on the familiar duo by handing the actress perhaps the most powerful weapon of all; language. And if her confession to The Hollywood Reporter is anything to go by, the actress has welcomed the change.

"I mean, I look good with a weapon in my hand [laughs], but honestly, it’s great to have a break from it." the actress said.

While Priyanka Chopra Jonas has shown a lot of shades of a strong female character with a weapon in hand, this time around she is choosing to bring a certain softness to her character as per her confession to The Hollywood Reporter. The actress plays a United Nations interpreter/translator named Myla Reese in the sci-fi action thriller.

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The fact that Chopra Jonas is trying on a very different pair of shoes for the movie is a great pull, but the plot is even greater.

Bluefly drops audiences deep into the Congo, where a high-tech military aircraft has vanished without a trace. Special-ops commander Broyles is sent to recover the wreckage, but the mission takes an unexpected turn when he recruits Myla Reese, a grieving UN interpreter whose knowledge of the region’s languages makes her indispensable.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas plays Myla, while Oscar winner Russell Crowe, who took home the Academy Award for Gladiator, steps in as Broyles.

Nimród Antal, known for Predators, directs the sci-fi action thriller from a screenplay by David Frigerio, William Eubank and Carlyle Eubank. With Bluefly, Priyanka Chopra Jonas trades the gun for a voice, and the break from weapons may well turn out to be her most intriguing move yet.

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