Priyanka Chopra On Male Actors Who “Have Diva Moments Or Arrive Hours Late”

New Delhi:

Priyanka Chopra has proved on a number of events lately that she shouldn’t be afraid to name a spade a spade. The actress, in her latest interviews, has spoken about points equivalent to equal pay, gender disparity, bullying in Bollywood, marriage, and motherhood. In the same vein, the actress in a brand new interview withThe Zoe Report, has spoken about working with actors who had “diva moments” on set. The Citadel star made the assertion when requested about her expertise on the units of Love Again. She mentioned, “It’s so good to work with actors that are available, know their strains, and aren’t divas.” When requested if she had been on the receiving finish of such diva behaviour, she added, “Oh, yeah. I am unable to let you know who. But I’ve had co-stars that stopped filming for 3 hours as a result of they want stuff defined [to them] on a manufacturing day — not the night time earlier than — whereas the crew is standing round. Or have diva moments or arrive hours late whereas everybody’s ready round. I’ve had that occur with numerous male actors my complete life.”

In the identical interview, the actress additionally spoke of an incident that forced her to walk out of a Bollywood movie after shooting for it for 2 days. Explaining that the incident occurred in 2002-03, when she had nearly begun her profession, Priyanka Chopra shared {that a} director mentioned that he wished to see her in underwear in a scene. “This might have been 2002 or ’03…I’m undercover, I’m seducing the man — clearly that is what women do once they’re undercover. But I’m seducing the man and you need to take off one piece of clothes [at a time]. I wished to layer up. The filmmaker was like, ‘No, I have to see her underwear. Otherwise, why is anyone coming to look at this movie?’” she mentioned in regards to the incident.

Adding that it was a “dehumanising second,” Priyanka Chopra defined, “He did not say it to me. He mentioned it to the stylist in entrance of me. It was such a dehumanizing second. It was a sense of, ‘I’m nothing else outdoors of how I can be utilized, my artwork shouldn’t be necessary, what I contribute shouldn’t be necessary… I simply could not take a look at him day-after-day.” She walked out of the movie and at her father’s insistence paid again the manufacturing for what they’d spent.

Priyanka Chopra’s pretty startling revelations about Bollywood started in March when she informed Dax Shepard on his podcast that her move to Hollywood was prompted by the fact that she was “being pushed into a corner in Bollywood” and that she had “beef with folks” which affected her work.

Priyanka Chopra will make her Bollywood comeback with Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif in Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa.