NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is to star alongside Hollywood actor Steve Martin in the upcoming sequel to the 2006 movie “The Pink Panther,” a newspaper reported on Friday.
The Hindustan Times said the former Miss World will play a detective in the new film about the clumsy French policeman Inspector Clouseau, played by Martin. The sequel will also star Andy Garcia and John Cleese, it said.
“It is true that Aishwarya has signed the film,” Harli Singh, Rai’s business manager, was quoted as saying.
Singh said 33-year-old Rai was currently finishing Hindi films “Akbar-Jodha” and “Sarkar 2” and would start shooting for “The Pink Panther 2” from the beginning of September.
Based on the 1964 original starring Peter Sellers, “The Pink Panther” saw singer Beyonce Knowles star opposite Martin.
Big name Bollywood actress gets role in 2nd grade Hollywood comedy.
LOL, thats what I was going to say as well. Its really a win-win situation for the producers though. If they market the movie properly to the 90 billion people of India, it wouldn't matter if the movie sucks major balls or not. They would be raking in the money either way. It wouldn't even matter than Aishwariya Rai wouldn't be able to act if she was left alone with "Acting for Dummies" in a room for a fortnight.
