Priyanka Chopra on losing project due to skin colour.

Priyanka Chopra is not the one to hold
back when it comes to sharing her views
about various issues in the
entertainment industry.
The actress in a recent interview has
spoken about pay disparity between
male and female actors and how she
was snubbed for a project due to her
skin colour.
She told InStyle magazine, "I feel it every
year, especially when you're doing
movies with really big actors, whether
it's in India or America. If an actor is
getting 100 bucks, the conversation will
start with max, like, 8 bucks. The gap is
that staggering. In America, we don't talk
about it as brashly, whereas in India the
issue is not skirted around. I've been told
straight up, if it's a female role in a movie
with big, male actors attached, your
worth is not really considered as much.
It happens in both countries, it's just that
here, it's hidden behind other things. In
America, everyone is so worried about
being liable that they don't want to say
anything wrong, but they end up doing
it anyway.
She added, "I'm a producer, so I
understand how much of an asset, as an
actor, I would be on a project.I don't
negotiateI make my [agent] negotiate.
That's step one. But I think negotiating is
important. I'm not someone who is
demanding. I'm conversational. So when
I talk money, I'm not going to be asking
for ridiculous amounts that I might not
be able to bring back. It starts with me
being logical and saying, I deserve that
much in numeration. These are the
returns that I see myself bringing to the
table.' And, usually most people come
around when you place it like that.
Talking about her skin colour coming
between her work, she said, "It
happened last year. I was out for a
movie, and somebody [from the studio]
called one of my agents and said, She's
the wrongwhat word did they used?
physicality.' So in my defense 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.

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Why and how are your articles always 1/2 the page area...makes it so hard to read lol 0.o

She had lost many bollywood projects due to skin color. What's your point?

I wish I did not have 80% WL...lol

She got Quantico because she is brown. Didnt she cry for all the girls of other races who lost out on a lead role in ABC?

Her point makes total sense. As for being the wrong skin colour, that's the general HW obsession with whitewashing all characters! Even if they weren't white to begin with. I like how she said "no-one wants to be liable", because they don't want that accusation to be made against them because they'll get caught/found out. In india no-one gives a f**k because there are NO systems in place. Makes it easier to do whatever the hell they want.