Jonesing for some Quantico spoilers? So is series star Priyanka Chopra… and her mom.



“People ask me for them all the time, but I have a great answer… I don’t know myself,” the international movie, music — and now TV — star tells Yahoo TV about her FBI/terrorist plot-themed ABC drama series. “I’ve insisted the writers don’t tell me anything more than [my character] knows, because it’s through Alex’s eyes that the audience unravels everything. I think for me, it works really well that I don’t know what’s happening, and I find out as every episode goes along.”

Chopra’s mom, Madhu, is another story.

“She’s like, ‘I need to binge watch the show. I hate it every time an episode ends. I want to know what’s happening!’ She gets so annoyed. She’s someone who loves her crime fix at night… she’s a CSI fan,” Chopra says. “So she’s always trying to get spoilers out of the writers whenever she’s on set. She’s like, ‘Just tell me one thing. Just tell me one more thing!’”

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Hopefully Mama Chopra has a good supply of storyline hints to tide her over for the next few months, because after the Dec. 13 midseason finale, Quantico doesn’t return to the ABC lineup with new episodes until March. Sunday’s “Inside” promises to be a satisfying watch — the identity of the Grand Central terrorists is revealed — and will leave viewers with a heap of cliffhangers.

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“There’s a lot that happens in [episode] 11. I think it’s a very befitting midseason finale, for sure, for when it’s going to air, for all that’s going to happen,” Chopra says. “We’re just starting to shoot 12. Even I am psyched about where this show is going. It’s going to be a shocker… There’s so much. And it’s Quantico, so, of course, there will be twists. I consider myself a really smart TV watcher. When I watch TV, I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s what’s going to happen.’ I always can predict it, but I can’t do it with this show. That’s what I love about it.”

Chopra, who received a Favorite Actress in a New TV Series People’s Choice Award nomination for her performance as FBI trainee Alex Parrish, is grateful, but not surprised by Quantico’s success… she read a lot — dozens — of scripts before landing on the thriller as her entrée into American TV land.

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Chopra on Quantico’s popularity and why, specifically, she chose the drama for her first starring TV role in America:

“Thank God I made the right choice. I read 26 of the scripts that ABC was making this year. [ABC Executive Vice President of Talent & Casting] Keli Lee flew to India. I met her randomly at a party, at a dinner of a common friend. We ended up chatting. She talked about her work, I talked about my work, and then I left… then she met my manager, and I think they came up with the idea of trying to convince me to do TV, which is something I wasn’t very open to at that point. I’m a features girl. TV is such a long commitment, and I didn’t know how I felt about it. But Keli flew to India, and hung out with me one day and talked to me about doing a holding deal. The fact that I only had to do a show if I really, really loved it… I was intrigued, I have to say. I came to L.A. for pilot season, and spent a month there, reading and meeting people, writers and directors, reading the scripts ABC was making. Like a good, diligent student, I read all of them. I know every script that ABC has made this year. I picked two or three that were my favorites, and ABC’s choice for me was Quantico and it was also my top choice. It was just a great read for me. I loved reading it.