‘If you can say Oprah, you can say Chopra too’: Priyanka Chopra on how Hollywood mispronounced her name
- Priyanka was talking with Kabir Bedi during his virtual book launch
- While talking about her initial journey in Hollywood, she recalled how her name was mispronounced
- She also said that since Chopra rhymed with Oprah so people shouldn't have a problem
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who was talking with veteran actor Kabir Bedi during the virtual book launch of his memoir, ‘Stories I Must Tell’, remembered how it was difficult for both of them to get into Hollywood.
“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,” said Kabir Bedi.
To this, Priyanka said she didn’t have to change her name to get a role but she did experience the different version of her name in the West.
“This is a couple of decades later when I decided to go and seek work in America. I didn’t have to change my name but 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 said.
Bedi’s autobiography is all about the highs and lows of his professional and personal life, in Bollywood, Hollywood, and Europe.
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