The young Bollywood star surely holds her own opposite action star Vin Diesel in the teaser.
Published: Mon 18 Jul 2016, 5:16 PM
Updated: Tue 19 Jul 2016, 2:08 AM
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It's finally here! the teaser trailer of Bollywood darling, Deepika Padukone's much anticipated debut Hollywood film, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.
After sharing the logo of the new film a few days back, both Padukone and lead action star, Vin Diesel shared 'their teasers' on social media.
While the young Bollywood star took to Instagram to share the teaser - a sizzling shot featuring her - Diesel chose to share a teaser featuring him on Facebook. It is noteworthy that today is Diesel's 49th birthday.
The past few months, cast and crew of xXx have been sharing candid pictures and stills from the sets of one of the most anticipated films of 2017. The film is the third installation of the famous action franchise.
The 30-year-old actress is playing Serena Unger in the film and appears only briefly in the short teaser, looking menacing in a black leather dress.
She is seen telling Vin, "Whatever you are here for, you are going to come up short.":
The edgy red and silver logo, released earlier, was supported by Diesel's powerful voice saying: "The world has changed. We need people with the skills and the attitude to take on threats we don't even know exist. We need a different kind of soldier."
She had captioned the video: "'xXx The Return of Xander Cage' logo reveal. Serena Unger".
Directed by D.J. Caruso, "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage", a sequel to the 2002 film "xXx" and 2005 film "xXx: State of the Union", also stars Ruby Rose, Samuel L. Jackson, Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa.
The trailer is expected to be released soon.
The film is slated to release on January 20, 2017.
Watch Padukone's teaser:
Here's Diesel performing a cool bike stunt in his teaser:
(With inputs from IANS)
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