INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to her career choices - there's no two way of saying it
So, when she says she was rejected for a project in Hollywood for her skin colour, it's completely okay to be at a loss for words
In an interview with InStyle Magazine, the 35-year-old actress, who headlines American TV show Quantico, said she lost a role in Hollywood
simply for being "brown" and her agent was intimated about the rejection in 'very polite' terms, we must say - Priyanka was considered
unsuitable for the role owing to her "wrong physicality." Speaking to InStyle, Priyanka said: "I was out for a movie, and somebody (from the
studio) called one of my agents and said, 'She's the wrong-what word did they used-'physicality'.Priyanka said her immediate reaction was to
figure out what exactly was the reason behind her not getting the part, which was soon enough simplified by her agent
"So, in my defence as an actor, I'm like, 'Do I need to be skinnier Do I need to get in shape Do I need to have abs' Like, what does 'wrong
physicality' mean And then my agent broke it down for me
Like, 'I think, Priy, they meant that they wanted someone who's not brown.' It affected me," InStyle quoted Priyanka as saying.In her
interview, Priyanka also mentioned that an inevitable part of being a successful star in the showbiz industries (back home and in the West)
is an ongoing battle with pay disparity, especially if it's Hollywood and "she's a woman of color"
"No one will say that a woman is getting paid less because she's a woman of color, but the numbers mostly end up reflecting that," InStyle
quoted Priyanka as saying.Earlier in 2016, when Priyanka was shooting for the second season of Quantico, the actress reportedly had a brush
with racism at an US airport
"Priyanka said that whoever goes to Hollywood after her should be careful about the kind of roles they do," DNA quoted a source as saying
Priyanka was reportedly questioned for sitting in the first class lounge at an US airport and was later apologised to.Priyanka Chopra is
currently in Ireland, busy shooting for Quantico 3, which premieres on April 26
Last year's Baywatch was her Hollywood debut and she has two more Hollywood films in the pipeline - Isn't It Romantic and A Kid Like Jake
