Priyanka Chopra Reflects on Director’s Request to See Her Underwear

Priyanka Chopra opened up a couple of “dehumanizing” encounter on set.

The actress recalled a second when she was simply moving into the world of acting that she stated was each equal elements heartbreaking and distressing.

“I am undercover, I am seducing the man—clearly that is what women do after they’re undercover,” she stated of her function throughout a Might 23 interview with The Zoe Report. “However I am seducing the man and you need to take off one piece of clothes [at a time]. I needed to layer up. The filmmaker was like, ‘No, I have to see her underwear. In any other case why is anyone coming to observe this film?'”

The 40-year-old famous that the director hadn’t issued his command to her immediately, however to the stylist in entrance of her. “It was such a dehumanizing second.”

Priyanka added, “It was a sense of, ‘I am nothing else exterior of how I can be utilized, my art just isn’t necessary, what I contribute just isn’t necessary.'”

Although the experience left her questioning her value past her physicality, she continued to work on the undertaking for 2 extra days. Ultimately she selected to exit, saying she opted to repay your complete quantity spent on filming relatively than persevering with to endure what she stated was an unsettling surroundings. Referring to a director who she would not title, she admitted, “I simply could not take a look at him every single day.”