Huma Qureshi to play Tom Cruise’s leading lady in The Mummy?

After Deepika Padukone (xXx: Xander Cage Returns) and Priyanka Chopra’s (Baywatch) high-profile Hollywood launches, Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi might snag an enormous film in the west. The Wasseypur actor has auditioned for the third instalment of the mummy franchise that includes Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and Sophia Boutella , her official spokersperson has confirmed.



“Huma has recently auditioned for the third part of the booming franchise starring Hollywood star Tom Cruise and Sophia Boutella enjoying the lead antagonist,” Huma’s spokesperson said in a statement. If sources are to be believed, Huma has auditioned for the most lead opposite Cruise.
Huma is presently busy shooting for the Hindi remake of the Hollywood film, Oculus. The film additionally stars her brother and actor Saqib Saleem in a crucial role.

Cruise is filming the sequel to Jack Reacher and prepping the next instalment in the mission impossible series. He will also seem in Doug Liman’s drug thriller Mena. The Mummy is one of the many remakes planned by Universal Pictures as an effort to create an interconnected universe for their classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, and vampire hunter Van Helsing.