As
an
actress
who
came
from
another
country
and
had
to
build
her
career
in
Bollywood
with
no
prior
connections,
Jacqueline
Fernandez
has
made
remarkable
headway.
Despite
starting
off
as
the
leading
actress
in
her
debut
film,
Jacqueline's
journey
was
not
without
struggles.
One
of
those
struggles,
she
reveals,
was
being
bullied
for
the
way
she
spoke
Hindi
and
for
'trying
too
hard
to
fit
in'.
Jacqueline
won
the
Miss
Universe
Sri
Lanka
pageant
in
2006,
and
made
her
Bollywood
debut
in
2009
with
Aladin.
Talking
about
how
she
was
made
fun
of
for
her
Hindi
during
her
early
days,
she
told
Pinkvilla,
"I
didn't
belong
here.
So
I
knew
I
would
never
be
able
to
speak
Hindi
like
Sonakshi
(Sinha).
Even
my
co-actors
have
imitated
my
Hindi
to
the
extent
that
they
spoofed
it.
I
used
to
get
really
angry."
She
continued,
"It's
not
that
I
don't
try.
I
take
regular
classes
for
hours,
everyday,
and
I'm
getting
better
for
sure.
Previously,
I
used
to
say
weird
things
in
Hindi.
My
friends
have
sometimes
corrected
me
but
there
were
also
a
few
who
made
fun
of
me
and
ridiculed
me.
I
am
not
friends
with
them
anymore."
Talking
about
an
instance
where
some
of
her
industry
friends
made
fun
of
her,
she
said,
"There
was
this
Diwali
party
and
I
was
wearing
a
really
pretty
Indian
outfit.
These
three
actor
friends
of
mine
looked
at
me
and
said,
'Jackie,
you're
trying
too
hard
to
be
Indian
and
fit
in'."
Jacqueline
is
currently
busy
with
the
shoot
of
Attack,
which
co-stars
John
Abraham
and
Rakul
Preet
Singh.
The
action-thriller
is
directed
by
Lakshya
Raj
Anand
and
is
scheduled
to
hit
theatres
on
August
14,
2020,
during
the
Independence
Day
weekend.