Actress Deepika Padukone, will share screen space with Brazil and Barcelona star footballer Neymar Jr, who features in a cameo in XxX. “Neymar is considered one of the best strikers in world football at the moment and has decided to have a go at acting. He shot for a small but key role. The entire unit was excited about having him on the sets. The footballer has some important scenes with Diesel and other actors in the film,” says a source.
Vin Diesel shared a post on instagram captioning it, “So proud to announce that Neymar Jr has filmed his first day on XxX. He is a natural!!! Even Neymar Jr also tweeted saying, “Very excited to be on the set of XXX3 today, but if i told you what i was doing here Vin Diesel might have to kill me...”
The film is currently in the post production stage and is slated to hit screens in January 2017.
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