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Priyanka Chopra and Vishal Bhardwaj to team up after 7 years

Speculations are rife that after signing Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat with superstar Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra might give her nod to another Bollywood project very soon. Prodigious filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj reveals that he is contemplating to helm a Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic novel Twelfth Night for which he might approach Priyanka, once the script is ready.

Talking about PC and his next project, Bhardwaj says, “First of all, she is a huge star. Everyone knows that. But she is a very real person also. When you are with her, you don’t feel that Priyanka is a star. I feel Priyanka is my friend because, with her, it’s always like friends. Priyanka is now a huge international star; I met her 3-4 times in New York. But she’s still the same, and we both are looking forward to working with each other. Most probably, I’ll do my Twelfth Night with her.”


Bhardwaj, who last helmed Rangoon (2017), directed Priyanka Chopra in the 2011 movie, 7 Khoon Maaf. If things fall into place, they may reunite after a long gap of seven years.

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The new season is being filmed in southern France during the Cannes Film Festival

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Laura Dern reunites with Mike White as 'The White Lotus' recasts after Helena Bonham Carter’s exit

Highlights

  • Laura Dern has joined season four of The White Lotus
  • She replaces Helena Bonham Carter after her exit over creative differences
  • The new season is being filmed in southern France during the Cannes Film Festival
  • Dern previously collaborated with creator Mike White on Enlightened

Laura Dern steps into one of television’s biggest dramas

Just days after Helena Bonham Carter made an abrupt exit from The White Lotus, HBO has moved quickly by bringing in a familiar face for creator Mike White. Laura Dern has officially joined the fourth season of the Emmy-winning series, which is already filming in southern France. While Bonham Carter’s departure sparked curiosity about what happened behind the scenes, Dern’s arrival shifts the focus back to the show itself and adds another major name to one of television’s most closely watched franchises.

Why Laura Dern feels like more than a replacement

Dern’s casting stands out because this is not her first collaboration with White. The pair first worked together on Year of the Dog before reuniting for HBO’s Enlightened, which they co-created and which earned Dern a Golden Globe. That history makes her casting feel less like a quick fix following Bonham Carter’s departure and more like White turning to a long-time creative partner he trusts. Dern also brings considerable star power, having won an Academy Award for Marriage Story and starred in projects such as Jurassic Park, Wild and Big Little Lies.

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