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Priyanka Chopra recalls ‘dehumanizing’ moment when a director asked her to show her underwear
Priyanka Chopra recalls a “dehumanizing moment” when the director put her in an uncomfortable position on set.
The 40-year-old actress revealed that early in her career, an unnamed Bollywood filmmaker asked to show her underwear.
“Probably 2002 or 2003,” she said tell zoe to report.
“I’m undercover, seducing a guy – sure, that’s what girls do when they go undercover. But I’m seducing a guy, and you have to take off a piece of clothing [at a time]she reminded.
“I want to lie down [but] The filmmakers say, “No, I need to see her underwear.” Otherwise, why would anyone watch this movie? ‘”
“He didn’t tell me,” Chopra continued. “He told the stylist in front of me. It was a really dehumanizing moment. It was a feeling of, ‘I’m nothing, how can I be used, my art doesn’t matter, what I contribute doesn’t matter. “
The “Castle” star said the ordeal prompted her to quit the project two days later, but said she was persuaded by her father to pay the producers out of her own pocket for the money they lost.
“I just can’t stand it [the director] Every day, she added.
Chopra recently revealed her reasons for leaving Bollywood, saying she felt “cornered” by the industry.
She told Dax Shepherd: “Someone didn’t vote for me, I’ve had fights with people, I’m not good at the game, so I’m kind of tired of politics and say I need to take a break” The Armchair Expert Podcast. March.
Not long after, she began her short-lived music career that would eventually bring her to Hollywood.
“This kind of music gives me the opportunity to go to another part of the world and not be eager to watch a movie that I don’t want to watch, but need to chat with certain clubs and crowds,” she explains.
“It takes groveling and I’ve been working so long that I don’t feel like I want to do it.”
“So when this music topic came up, I was like, ‘Fuck, I’m going to America,'” she added.
Since then, Chopra has starred in various television shows.
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The actress, who has been married to Nick Jonas since 2018, starred in the hit ABC series “Spy” from 2015 to 2018.
She went on to star in films like Baywatch, The Matrix Revolutions and White Tiger.
Most recently, she starred in the Amazon Prime series “Castle.”