Im not interested in doing Indian roles : Freida Pinto - Page 3

Originally posted by: swati1975us

Here's a non-knee jerk reaction. I'm offended that this chick is being offered roles to play Iranian characters. She absolutely does not pass off as Iranian. This is lazy HW stereotyping of any non-white person can be fit into any non-white character, never mind that they may not fit the profile at all. 

There are plenty of very talented (much more so than Freida) Iranian actresses who probably lost out on this opportunity (and lord knows an Iranian starring role in Hollywood comes along once in a blue moon). Also, I would love to read the about face Freida would do when she's offered an Indian character (I can just picture her saying - "I grew up in India so I understand how problematic that society is so I can get into the skin of the character yadda yadda"). 

It's funny how much bhav she gets in I-F. No one gives an eff about her in HW. 

Originally posted by: Priya_SD

She needs to get off her high horse. Why is she always bad-mouthing India in all her interviews? Excuse me, but weren't you BORN AND RAISED there? By the way she always acted I thought she was an NRI. Only recently I found out that she's not. 🤔

Originally posted by: ShylockHolmes

No one read the article

She is not talking about bollywood but she just don't want to do only indian ethnicity role in hollywood

Originally posted by: AllBlacks1

2 of Maori NZ guys have played all kinds of small roles in HW.. mostly playing middle-easterns. HW me sab kuch chalta hai... All browns r the same for them. 

Originally posted by: swati1975us

Bugs the life out of me. The Latino lobby with their united lobbying and influence has managed to ensure that Latino parts only go to Latina actresses (I have a friend from an Eastern European country who was an aspiring HW actress for a while and could totally pass for Latina - she was so upset that she'd never get called to audition for Latina roles 😆

But for Indians and Middle-Easterners it's still sab kuchh chalta hai. 

How I wish they had cast lovely Iranian actresses like Leila Hatami or Golshifteh Farahani would have done this instead of Freida "no-talent" Pinto!