Heart of Stone trailer: Alia Bhatt debuts as sinister villain, challenges Gal Gadot’s superspy in Netflix action-thriller

The trailer reveals the globe-trotting nature of the movie, which was shot in Italy, London and Lisbon, and teases some high-stakes action scenes involving a snowy chase, multiple fist-fights, and more. It is also revealed that everybody is chasing after a MacGuffin called ‘the Heart’ — this is the object that gives the Charter its ‘power’. Somewhat surprisingly, it seems like Alia is playing the villain in the movie. Her character steals the Heart and challenges Rachel: “Now you answer to me,” she says with a smile on her face.

Watch the Heart of Stone trailer here

Espionage action remains a very popular genre, both on streaming and theatrically. Earlier this year, another Indian star kicked off her own globe-trotting spy franchise. But Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden’s Prime Video series Citadel wasn’t quite as well-received as they’d have liked. Last year, the Russo brothers debuted their own big-budget spy franchise for Netflix, the Ryan Gosling-starrer The Gray Man. And in just under a month, fans across the globe will get to watch the seventh installment in the Mission: Impossible series, Dead Reckoning Part One.