Actor Michelle Lee, from Hollywood, is known for filming intense combat scenes. She has worked alongside Tom Hardy in Venom, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, Brad Pitt in Bullet Train, and Scarlett Johannson in Black Widow. She has now been cast in the action film Tiger 3, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. She’s brought us the most widely shared action scene on the internet in a very long time with Kat—the towel fight scene in a Turkish hammam from Tiger 3!

Michelle isn’t shocked that the towel battle set piece from the Tiger 3 teaser has become a major talking point. She admits that before they shot the scene, Katrina and she had practiced for more than two weeks.

She said, “I am not shocked. I found the process of filming it to be quite epic. After a few weeks of learning and practicing the battle, we shot it. The fight was a lot of fun to do, and the stage design was stunning. Being in an international movie was amazing”.

Michelle is gushing about Katrina Kaif, saying that her commitment to honing action scenes has exceeded her expectations. “Katrina was as graceful and professional as can be. She put a lot of effort into making sure that every action flowed and was exact. It was quite simple to work with her because it was obvious that she had choreography experience. We became quite sweaty” added Michelle.

“The wardrobe was definitely one of the main challenges. It was difficult to keep our towels where they should because there was so much movement and fighting choreography. It really helped that we were able to sew the towels shut at a few places” said the actress.

“Hitting each other at the ideal distance so that it looks close enough to be strong and dangerous but far enough to not actually hurt each other was another challenge. How would you feel if I did end up with her? I mean, I’m a pro, lol. Everything proceeded without a hitch, so all we had to do was look good for the camera” said Michelle.

Produced by Aditya Chopra and directed by Maneesh Sharma, the film is set to release this Diwali, Nov 12, Sunday in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu.

Priyanka Dutta