Priyanka Chopra is the master of telling it like it is, whether she’s calling out Hollywood for casual racism or slamming haters for criticising her looks. And recently, at the Forbes Women’s Summit 2018 in New York, where she featured on a panel alongside PepsiCo supremo Indra Nooyi (desi girls, represent), Priyanka was quick to point out another casual stereotype that, to be honest, we hadn’t really thought of.
When asked about her unique career arc from Bollywood to Hollywood, the Quantico star admitted she wasn’t afraid to walk into a room full of strangers and introduce herself, even though she was already a big star back home. The pressure of having to make a success of herself or risk being trolled for perpetuity was very real, but Priyanka refused to accept it as a cultural bias, instead saying this fear was something all women had to deal with at some level. “Think about it, even in fairytales, the story ends when the princess gets married,” she pointed out to an audience which took a second to digest her revelation before cheering in response. “And they lived happily ever after…. why is that the case? I want to know what happens after she got married,” she added, to which moderator Moira Forbes replied, “Well, there you have your next role.”
You heard her, Bollywood. Here’s a movie we’d happily stand in line for.
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