Moved to US because I needed a break from exhausting politics of Bollywood: Priyanka Chopra Jonas

After spending almost two decades in Hindi cinema actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she decided to move to Hollywood as filmmakers back home were not casting her and she needed a break from the exhausting politics of the industryI had beef with people Priyanka said on the comedy podcast Armchair Expert with Hollywood actors Dax Shepard and Monica PadmanWhen Shepard asked what made her start from scratch in an unknown territory the popular Indian actor said she had never spoken about the reasons in public beforeIve never said this so Im going to say it because you all make me feel safe she beganThe National Award winner said she was in the zone of being a serious actor and not doing mega movies when she got a call from her current manager Anjula Acharia while on the Coorg set of Vishal Bhardwajs 2011 movie 7 Khoon MaafI spoke to this woman Id recorded a demo because I just love music She goes I love this demo Would you be open to music I was like What does that even mean Ive never been in the studio for real She flew down I was like Ill be a rockstar if I think I canI was being pushed into a corner in the Hindi film industry I had people not casting me for reasons I had beef with people I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break Priyanka who started her career in Los Angeles as a singer in 2012 told Shepard and PadmanThe 40yearold actor now based out of Los Angeles said she was signed by American record label Interscope Records where its founder Jimmy Iovine was her talent scout She gained prominence through music videos In My City and ExoticAlso readTreating stray dogs with cruelty and hate not acceptable Bombay HC asks housing society to resolve issues with its residentThis music thing gave me an opportunity to go into another part of the world not crave for the movies I didnt want to get but I would require to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people It would require grovelling and I had worked a long time by then that I didnt feel like I wanted to do itSo when this music thing came I was like F it Im going to America and Interscope was amazing they threw the building at me I worked with Pitbull WillIAm Pharrell Mathew Koma and many incredible artistes I had dinner with Bruce Springsteen and his wife I met JayZ and Beyonce she recalledPriyanka later went on to become the first South Asian actor to headline an American network drama series in her Hollywood debut through ABCs thriller drama series Quantico in 2015Priyanka said she was living the dream through the music but she soon realised that she was much better at acting her day jobI got completely caught up in this music thing and thought I am a pop star now forget about this movie thing quickly to realise I was much better at my day job she addedThe actor said Iovine of Interscope Records asked her to look for representation in acting since had been living in Los Angeles for over two years thenI was having trouble back home anyway with being cast in the kind of movies I didnt want to be cast in And Jimmy helped me get in with CAA Creative Artists Agency they signed me on and it startedPriyanka then made her Hollywood film debut with 2017s Baywatch She most recently starred in The Matrix Resurrections and will next be seen in the Prime Video series Citadel opposite Richard Madden of Game of Thrones fameThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever