Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo, who Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo, who kickstarted the much-anticipated film’s promotional tour from India, reveals he is in talks with Priyanka Chopra for a project. The 47-year-old filmmaker, who is known for giving Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) a grounded tone along with his brother Anthony Russo, finds Priyanka a ‘fantastic’ actor. ‘Priyanka is transitioning into global status right now. I think she is fantastic… (I would) Love to work with her… I am smiling because we are potentially talking to her about something. I am not going to say what it is,” Russo said in a group interview here. Last year, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige had said that they are planning to make a standalone on superhero Ms Marvel aka Kamala Khan. After the news broke, many fans on social media expressed their desire to see Priyanka playing the character of Marvel’s first Muslim superhero. Asked whether there was any plan to introduce an Indian superhero, Russo said, “I don’t know their (Marvel’s) future plans but what I do know is that they are reaching every market.” (PTI)
