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

Priyanka Chopra is all set to make her Hollywood debut with Dwayne Johnson starrer ‘Baywatch’. The actress who attended the Golden Globe Awards in a gorgeous golden Ralph Lauren dress looked stunning on the red carpet as she spoke to BBC News in a tell-all interview.

Speaking about the gender pay gap in film industry she said, “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.”

The actress also spoke about whitewashing in the Hollywood industry which refers to the casting practice where white actors are cast in historically non-white character roles. She said, “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.”

PeeCee sure stands firm for everything she believes in – More power to you, girl!