Priyanka
Chopra
recently
opened
up
about
her
Hollywood
career
and
the
struggles
she
faced
as
a
debutante
overseas.
On
Monday
(April
19)
the
actress
joined
Kabir
Bedi
for
an
interaction
to
launch
his
upcoming
memoir,
Stories
I
Must
Tell.
Kabir
Bedi
who
has
been
a
part
of
international
films
like
Octopussy
and
Ashanti,
during
the
interaction
revealed
that
Hollywood
a
decade
ago
did
not
write
for
Indian
or
any
Asian
character,
so
he
would
look
for
any
foreign
roles.
The
actor
revealed
that
he
had
to
change
his
name
to
be
taken
seriously.
Apart
from
playing
an
Indian,
he
has
also
played
a
Moroccan
character.
"In
those
days,
a
Ben
Kingsley
had
to
change
his
name
from
Krishna
Bhanji
to
Ben
Kingsley
to
be
taken
seriously
and
get
roles.
Today,
Priyanka
Chopra
does
not
have
to
change
her
name
for
her
success
in
America,"
he
added.
Now
a
global
icon
Priyanka,
said
she
didn't
have
to
change
her
name
but
had
to
teach
people
how
to
say
it.
The
actress
who
debuted
with
the
thriller
drama
series
titled
Quantico
in
2015,
said,
"I
did
have
to
teach
people
how
to
say
my
name.
Everybody
would
be
like
Priyanka
'Shapra-Shapra'.
I
said
it
is
not
Shapra.
If
you
can
say
Oprah,
you
can
say
Chopra.
It's
not
that
difficult."
She
further
revealed
that
she
could
not
play
an
Indian
character
because
it
was
too
alien
for
Hollywood.
she
added,
"In
Quantico,
I
played
a
half-Indian,
half-American.
I
don't
think,
for
a
very
long
time,
they
understood
casting
an
Indian
person
in
a
mainstream
role
in
a
leading
part.
So
even
now,
it
was
extremely
hard."
Priyanka
Chopra,
last
seen
in
The
White
Tiger
and
We
Can
Be
Heroes,
has
been
busy
shooting
for
Hollywood
projects.
The
actress
will
be
seen
in
Keanu
Reeves'
Matrix
4,
a
romantic
drama
Text
For
You
and
Citadel
with
Russo
Brothers.