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April 27 (UPI) -- Priyanka Chopra says her Baywatch villain wants "power" above all else. The 34-year-old actress explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that her character, Victoria Leeds, has "a point to prove" as "a woman in a man's world."
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"She has a point to prove," Chopra told the magazine. "She's a woman in a man's world. She's not just a random woman with money, she's self-made. This is not just drugs and money for her, it's power. That's the cause."
"They're a nuisance," she said of Victoria's do-gooder foes. "She's just like, 'Oh my God, they're so annoying!'"
Victoria will take on lifeguards Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson) and Matt Brody (Zac Efron) in the forthcoming movie. Director Seth Gordon admitted the villain was originally meant to be played by a male actor.
"I really loved the idea of Dwayne going up against a female antagonist," he said. "Her approach is purely psychological. It's about outsmarting, it's about out-winning, it's about taking advantage of the male ego.
"She really was just a much more interesting person for him to go up against, because it wasn't going to be just brawn or grit," the director added.
Chopra, who is known for the ABC series Quantico, previously described Victoria in Flare magazine as "mean in a really fabulous, delicious way." Baywatch co-stars Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach, and opens in theaters May 25.
