<div>Indian origin British actress Parminder Nagra, fondly remembered as a football player infatuated with the sport in "Bend It Like Beckham", is now seen shooting guns in her TV show "The Blacklist". <br /><br />And she loves it.<br /><br /><div>In the crime drama, Parminder plays Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Meera Malik and she says she enjoys doing the action sequences.</div><div> </div><div>"I love my character. I had always wanted to do action," Parminder, the Punjabi girl born and brought up in Britain's Leicester, told IANS in an e-mail interaction.</div><div> </div><div>"And this job totally came out of left field and here I am getting to do what I always wanted to do. I love doing the action sequences.</div><div> </div><div>"My character also comes across as somebody who clearly has a lot of knowledge, who's clearly been through a lot, like she's at the top of her game," she added.</div><div> </div><div>Earlier seen in popular TV shows like "Alcatraz" and "Psych", the actress says that the interesting part about "The Blacklist" is that she is "playing somebody who actually is a grown up and carries herself with authority".<br /><br /></div><div>Since her character leads an active lifestyle, Parminder had to keep herself fit, but the 38-year-old says that she hardly had any time to prepare for the role.</div><div> </div><div>"When I got the role, I got it three days before we were about to start shooting; so I didn't have any time to prepare for the role... Thank god, I try and keep myself relatively fit," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The "ER" star also tries to work on her physique.</div><div> </div><div>"I obviously just do my general fitness that I do, and, you know, trying to incorporate, especially within the schedule; trying to organise some sort of training is not always easy, but I try to like get in a bit of boxing and a combat that would help me.</div><div> </div><div>"Or at least even if I do like a session, it would just help on how you hold yourself," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The first season of "The Blacklist" is currently aired on Star World Premiere HD.</div><div> </div><div>Parminder was initially worried as one of her first scenes required her to hold a gun and chase somebody.<br /><br /></div><div>"I had to look like I know what I'm doing and doing it really well. And honestly, I was worried. I was like, I've never done this before. Like I've seen it being done, but I've not (done it).</div><div> </div><div>"Luckily, there were people on the set and we have a technical advisor who had subsequently, since the show has been filming, I've been out with him individually and like, you know, worked with weapons," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The mother of a four-year-old son feels that after playing the role, she has become stronger.</div><div> </div><div>"I'd like to think I have a bit of strength that Meera has," she said and added: "I actually think playing this character has made me stronger because it's kind of empowering playing somebody who's in the position that she's in and is respected as she is."</div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>Indian origin British actress Parminder Nagra, fondly remembered as a football player infatuated with the sport in "Bend It Like Beckham", is now seen shooting guns in her TV show "The Blacklist". <br /><br />And she loves it.<br /><br /><div>In the crime drama, Parminder plays Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Meera Malik and she says she enjoys doing the action sequences.</div><div> </div><div>"I love my character. I had always wanted to do action," Parminder, the Punjabi girl born and brought up in Britain's Leicester, told IANS in an e-mail interaction.</div><div> </div><div>"And this job totally came out of left field and here I am getting to do what I always wanted to do. I love doing the action sequences.</div><div> </div><div>"My character also comes across as somebody who clearly has a lot of knowledge, who's clearly been through a lot, like she's at the top of her game," she added.</div><div> </div><div>Earlier seen in popular TV shows like "Alcatraz" and "Psych", the actress says that the interesting part about "The Blacklist" is that she is "playing somebody who actually is a grown up and carries herself with authority".<br /><br /></div><div>Since her character leads an active lifestyle, Parminder had to keep herself fit, but the 38-year-old says that she hardly had any time to prepare for the role.</div><div> </div><div>"When I got the role, I got it three days before we were about to start shooting; so I didn't have any time to prepare for the role... Thank god, I try and keep myself relatively fit," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The "ER" star also tries to work on her physique.</div><div> </div><div>"I obviously just do my general fitness that I do, and, you know, trying to incorporate, especially within the schedule; trying to organise some sort of training is not always easy, but I try to like get in a bit of boxing and a combat that would help me.</div><div> </div><div>"Or at least even if I do like a session, it would just help on how you hold yourself," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The first season of "The Blacklist" is currently aired on Star World Premiere HD.</div><div> </div><div>Parminder was initially worried as one of her first scenes required her to hold a gun and chase somebody.<br /><br /></div><div>"I had to look like I know what I'm doing and doing it really well. And honestly, I was worried. I was like, I've never done this before. Like I've seen it being done, but I've not (done it).</div><div> </div><div>"Luckily, there were people on the set and we have a technical advisor who had subsequently, since the show has been filming, I've been out with him individually and like, you know, worked with weapons," she said.</div><div> </div><div>The mother of a four-year-old son feels that after playing the role, she has become stronger.</div><div> </div><div>"I'd like to think I have a bit of strength that Meera has," she said and added: "I actually think playing this character has made me stronger because it's kind of empowering playing somebody who's in the position that she's in and is respected as she is."</div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div>