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Priyanka Chopra says she was turned down for a movie role because of the colour of her skin. The thrirty-five year old 'Baywatch' star opened up, saying: "It happened last year. I was out for a movie, and somebody [from the studio] called one of my agents and said, 'She's the wrong - what word did they use? - 'physicality'. So in my defense as an actor, I'm like, 'Do I need to be skinnier? Do I need to get in shape? Do I need to have abs?' Like, what does 'wrong physicality' mean? And then my agent broke it down for me. Like, 'I think, Priy, they meant that they wanted someone who's not brown.' It affected me."

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