In honour of Neymar’s record-breaking transfer, watch him die in Deepika Padukone’s xXx

Brazilian football star Neymar Jr completed a world record transfer from FC Barcelona to French club Paris Saint Germain on Friday. This gives us an excuse to revisit his movie acting debut in Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone-starrer xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

Neymar, whose transfer deal was made for 222 million euros ($261.32 million, Rs 1600 crore), played a would be xXx agent in the action thriller. His scene comes at the beginning of a film at a diner, where Samuel L Jackson’s character, Gibbons, delivers expositional dialogue about the history of the covert xXx program in an attempt to recruit the football star.

Their talk is interrupted by a robber. Neymar surveys his surroundings and using his exceptional football skills, brings him down.

Samuel L Jackson lets out a gleeful yelp, which is cut short when a rogue satellite crashes into the diner, killing them both.

xXx: Return of Xander Cage made a respectable $346 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $85 million when it opened in January. Talk of a sequel is on.

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