I don’t like the fact that I get paid much less than the boys, says Priyanka Chopra!

Gorgeous actress Priyanka Chopra is flying high with all the worldwide recognition she has been receiving for all her work overseas. The actress, who lately stunned us all with her spectacular golden, Ralph Lauren dress, spoke to BBC World News about her career and life. Priyanka touched upon numerous topics including the gender pay gap in the movie industry and the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Here is an extract:

Speaking about the pay inequality, Priyanka told, "Yes I don’t like the fact I get paid much less than the boys, even though I work as hard as them. Yes I don’t like the fact that the disparity is so massive. But it is a mind-set thing; it is people looking at women differently than boys. Boys are heroes. Girls are heroines but they are not heroes. When you see male actors and the business their films do – I’m talking about India and not America but even like the west is the same – they will make about, you know, $40m or $50m for their films in box office and our films just about touch 10, 15m, I mean female-led films, just a female lead. So when we are able to deliver, when the audience is ready to watch a female led film with a woman on a poster and make it into a $40m film we will get paid for it."

When questioned about the term whitewashing, which refers to the casting practice in the movie industry of the United States where white actors are cast in historically non-white character roles, Priyanka voiced her opinion on it. She told, "Whitewashing has nothing to do with just Asians, it has to do with every other race out there as well. Global entertainment needs to see representation of all kinds of races; diversity is the need of the hour. And I’m really glad that that representation has started with me on a TV show. There is no precedent of an Indian actor ever, whether it’s TV or movies, playing lead characters. But you have Mindy Kaling, Aziz Ansari, Kunal Nayyar there’s so much representation when it comes to South Asian talent that is getting there but yes it will take time to go main stream and people will have to watch it as well."