Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the Bollywood star turned Hollywood actress, just shared a crazy behind-the-scenes story on a late-night talk show. On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Chopra Jonas shared a scary stunt accident while filming her new action-comedy Heads of State. In this segment, she explained that while filming a rain-soaked scene, a piece of camera equipment actually clipped her eyebrow. As she told Fallon, "It just took a chunk of my eyebrow. It could have been my eye," she joked through a laugh showing fans the brave face she wore while continuing to film. You get this sort of casual toughness from an actress with her share of action!
Here's what happened: Chopra Jonas was doing a complicated stunt, which required her to roll on the wet ground, as the camera approached for a close-up. As she put it: "The camera operator was a little too close — and I was too" when she rolled in front of the lens. That momentary overlap meant the matte box (the sunshade on the front of the camera) scraped across her face. "It just took a chunk of my eyebrow," she said, downplaying the seriousness of the situation. That could have been a lot worse - as she joked, at least her eye escaped.
Chopra Jonas, ever the pro, did not allow the injury to stop shooting. Rather than finishing and wrapping up the shoot, she asked for some surgical glue and continued. She told Fallon, "I just put surgical glue on it and stuck it back. Finished my day, because I did not want to come back to shoot in the rain again," proving once more that she is as tough off camera as she is on. True movie-star grit: the actress was already on camera being covered in fake blood and mud, so no one could even tell she had a real cut under there. After all, shooting around the clock with movie makeup is just another day of work for her.
If you are wondering why all this adrenaline-filled fun exists it’s because Heads of State is developing into an over-the-top action comedy. Heads of State is directed by Ilya Naishuller and stars Chopra Jonas as well as wrestling superstar John Cena and hero-of-action Idris Elba. Deadline even refers to it as “Air Force One meets Midnight Run” as a nod to a frantic spy adventure. Heads of Statewill be available on Amazon Prime Video July 2, 2025 in English and the major Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada). Chopra Jonas’ character Noel Bisset, is an MI6 agent as tough as nails and she ends up in a caper with Cena and Elba’s characters.
Conclusion
Priyanka Chopra’s eyebrow injury while filming Head of State might seem extreme, but it captures the extent of her commitment to her craft—even when doing fun action-packed scenes with names like John Cena and Idris Elba. Her candid and unapologetic disclosure adds humanity to the glitzy world of Hollywood; giving fans of the film a glimpse behind all of the action to see the real risk, work, and commitment. As the digital release approaches on Prime Video, fans will be left wondering if it was that serious or that intense when they see it themselves.
