Priyanka Chopra has been making headlines for her powerful revelations on the latest episode of Armchair Expert podcast. The star speaks about her life, both personal and professional along with her career moves and choices.
Reminiscing her experiences, Priyanka shares, “I remember when I joined movies, I was considered dusky, written as the dusky actress and I was like, ‘What is dusky? What does it mean?’ Yet I did a commercial because you are doing a beauty brand. A beauty brand is a big part of an actresses’ trajectory. And all the beauty brand were selling those creams.”
Talking of beauty, fairness creams and the impact of the advertisements on the audience, “The commercial was so damaging. I am a dark skinned girl and this guy comes in and I’m selling flowers and he comes in and doesn’t even look at me. I start using this cream and I get a job, I get the guy, all my dreams come true and it was like the mid-2000s.”
Priyanka Chopra explains, “When I joined the movie business, if you were fair, you were guaranteed some form of success or casting but if you were darker, I’m not even that dark, for darker girls, it was ‘let’s lighten you up,” she shared and it was actually done to her through make up and blasting lightning.
On the reasons why she decided to focus on Hollywood more than Bollywood, she stated that politics wasn’t her forte, she was tired of playing games with people.
As far as work is concerned, she will be seen in Citadel and Love Again.
