{"id":169937,"date":"2025-11-08T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/169937\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:14:08","slug":"wanted-to-enter-hollywood-on-my-terms-not-the-way-expected-of-us-says-deepika-padukone-firstpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/169937\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted to Enter Hollywood on My Terms, Not the Way \u2018expected of Us\u2019, Says Deepika Padukone \u2013 Firstpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Deepika Padukone on Friday said her international career has been shaped by a conscious effort to represent India on her own terms, while rejecting global stereotypes about the country or its people.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Deepika Padukone on Friday said her international career has been shaped by a conscious effort to represent India on her own terms, while rejecting global stereotypes about the country or its people.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the CNBC TV\u2019s Global Leadership Summit alongside designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee on Friday evening, the 38-year-old actor said she has personally experienced the \u201ccliches\u201d that often shape Western perceptions of India \u2013 from casting biases to comments on her accent and skin tone.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very deliberate\u2026 I was very clear about taking India to the world, but the India that I know. For example, moving to Hollywood and getting into that industry, or doing it in an way that has been expected of us or suits a global audience was something I never wanted to do, even if it took longer,\u201d said Padukone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what bothered me every time I went to the West was this sort of idea of India they have. It is so different from the country that I know. I have experienced all those cliches firsthand, whether it has to do with casting, our accent or the colour of my skin. I was clear that I wanted to do it my way and on my terms,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The actor made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 hit \u201c<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/tag\/xxx-return-of-xander-cage\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/tag\/xxx-return-of-xander-cage\/\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">_XXX: Return of Xander Cage_<\/a>\u201d, co-starring Vin Diesel. Since then, she has been a regular fixture at major international events \u2014 from serving on the competition jury at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in 2022 to unveiling trophies at the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Padokone also became a House Ambassador for Louis Vuitton and later a global spokesperson for Cartier. She has appeared on leading international magazine covers, walked red carpets at the Oscars and BAFTAs.<\/p>\n<p>The actor recalled a significant moment during her Louis Vuitton global campaign, which featured her on hoardings across Los Angeles\u2019 Sunset Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was weird but at the same time I felt incredibly proud to see a brown face on a hoarding for a global luxury brand. More than a personal victory, it felt like a victory for every single Indian woman,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Padukone also spoke about becoming the celebrity voice of Meta AI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is interesting as I\u2019m someone whose voice was mocked when I came into the industry, and now suddenly I\u2019m the voice of Meta AI. Strange\u2026 and my accent too. But I continued to own it. And I think that\u2019s how and why it happened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the role of artificial intelligence in cinema, Padukone said she is both optimistic and cautious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so excited about the possibilities. The only thing it cannot replace is human emotion. That\u2019s the only place AI will not be allowed or not match up\u2026 because you can\u2019t infuse soul into AI.\u201d Calling herself \u201can old soul\u201d, she said human expression remains irreplaceable.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all for embracing everything that is new and forward. Just when it comes to the human soul and emotion, I have a feeling that it is irreplaceable. But outside of that, I\u2019m very excited about what the possibilities are,\u201d Padukone said.<\/p>\n<p>The actor will be next seen in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer \u201cKing\u201d as well as an untitled project from filmmaker Atlee in which she will feature alongside Allu Arjun.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"breadcrumbs-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/entertainment\/\" title=\"Entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"curlink\">Deepika Padukone says she wanted enter Hollywood on her own terms: &#8216;Whether it has to do with casting, our accent or the colour of my skin&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>End of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Deepika Padukone on Friday said her international career has been shaped by a conscious effort to represent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,16913,18,117,1239,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-169937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-deepika-padukone","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hollywood","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115514734421189448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}