Mar 31, 2026 5:10pm IST
Huma Qureshi Reveals Only Regret About Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’: ‘Due to COVID, All Global Premieres Went Down The Drain’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Hollywood filmmaker Zack Snyder recently praised actress Huma Qureshi, who played a crucial role in the director’s 2021 post-apocalyptic zombie heist film “Army Of The Dead.”
Taking to Instagram, Snyder shared a picture of Huma and called her “one of the most amazing actors," adding that she has “talent, presence, and pure brilliance on screen.”
While the appreciation post from the filmmaker has gone viral among the Indian fans, Speaking to Variety India, Huma shares her experience of working with Snyder and her only regret about the film .
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The “Toxic” actress reveals she’s been a Snyder fan since “300” and recalls how she got her role in “Army Of The Dead.”
“I’ve been a massive fan of Zack Snyder since ‘300.’ When I was in LA, I got a chance to read for him. I didn't know I was going to land the part. So, I came back to India, and the next Monday or Tuesday, I received the call saying, 'Okay, here's your contract.' And I was really like, "I'm going to be working with Zack Snyder,"' shares Huma.
“I wanted to know how these people work, what the methodology is, how they plan, how they prep, how they conceive a scene, how they look at it. I had a lot of fun working on that film with Zack. And I remember the first time I met him, he was also shooting the film. He was the DP (Director of Photography) on it and it was just freaking fantastic. And just to have that kind of ensemble from like all over the world, practically coming together and working on a story to engage people,” adds the actress.
Qureshi recollects how the film got impacted by COVID and says, “The only regret is that the film had to release during COVID. So, all our plans for all these global premieres and all of that went down the drain. But I hope to get to work with Zack once again.”
Also starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo and Garret Dillahunt, the film's screenplay was written by Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten and Joby Harold.
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