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The shooting of Deepika Padukone’s first Hollywood venture has started, she is playing a huntress named Serena in the Vin Diesel starrer xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.

Both Vin Diesel and Deepika shared pictures from the first day of filming on Friday, and they are looking hot.

Xander (Vin Diesel) shared pictures of the shoot in a special post on Instagram, thanking his 1.7 million followers, while Deepika did the same through Facebook.

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Earlier on Thursday, the Bollywood actor treated her fans with a video of her arrival in Toronto to begin the shooting of her new movie.

Deepika fans wished her all the best on Twitter and those who actually saw her, they surrounded the lady and took selfies with her.

@deepikapadukone Arrives in #Toronto For xXx - The Return of Xander Cage Shoot https://t.co/s6AQbVQLEZ pic.twitter.com/PewJt38bn6

— Filmicafe (@filmicafe) February 3, 2016

The Bollywood beauty has trained herself well for the role, as shown in the videos posted by her trainer last week.

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Deepika had announced the news of her casting in December last year via an ambiguous photo with Vin Diesel, which also led to a rather hilarious spoof.

Vin Diesel starred as the leading man in 2002’s XXX. A sequel, XXX: State of the Union hit theaters in 2005 and now the third big screen action flick that has been in the pipeline for years is finally moving forward.

Directed by DJ Caruso, the action-packed thriller also stars Samuel L Jackson, Ruby Rose, Nina Dobrev and Jet Li.