Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra recently discussed her encounters with rejection in the film industry.
During the podcast Read The Room,the 41-year-old actress recalled moments of rejection for roles, mentioning an instance where she missed out on an opportunity because someone else was cast as "somebody's girlfriend."
The Bajirao Mastani star said, “It’s hard. Especially in a job based on validation. Whether it is how many people come and watch your movie or what your director thinks about your performance or what your casting agent thinks, it is all subjective.”
Priyanka also shared that she made peace with these experiences a long time ago.
She said, “I have seen so much rejection in the movie industry for so many reasons. Whether I wasn’t right for the role, whether it was favourtism, whether it was that somebody’s girlfriend was cast, like there are so many reasons it happened. I made peace a long time ago."
"It is real. We can all say ‘I am better than that, I am confident’. It is not true. You have to allow yourself to feel the rejection. It’s like grieving. I am someone who does it."
"I will move on. I will brush it aside. Long time ago, I came to peace with rejection at work," Priyanka added.