Army of the Dead” marks Qureshi’s foray into Hollywood but it is not her first international project as the “Gangs of Wasseypur” star has previously worked with reputed directors like Gurinder Chadha and Deepa Mehta in “Viceroy’s House” and “Leila”, respectively. Besides Huma, “Army of the Dead” cast also features Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro and Matthias Schweighofer. After much suspense about her character, the actress is finally sharing bits about her role and her experience of shooting the film. On Saturday, she posted a couple of funny pictures from the set of her international release “Army Of The Dead”.In the film, the 34-year-old actor plays Geeta, a refugee single mother living outside of Las Vegas, which has been closed off due to a zombie breakout. Geeta is a go-getter, who decides to venture into the containment zone to earn enough to get her children out of the camp.
About the film, after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, the walled-off city is set to be destroyed by the US government by dropping a nuclear bomb and wiping out all the zombies at once. Before it is nuked, mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) is approached by former casino owner Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) to break into the quarantine zone and recover money from his casino vault. The zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder has an ensemble cast that consists of Indian actress Huma Qureshi in her Hollywood debut. The film was announced in 2007, but spent several years in development hell at Warner Bros. before having the rights bought by Netflix in 2019.
