Actress Parminder Nagra, who found fame in 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, has explained she was when informed “brown people today really don’t sell” by a Television producer.
Talking to BBC Radio five Live’s Nihal Arthanayake, she spoke about seeking to set herself up for the role of a therapist on a well-known US Television programme, just after playing a doctor in ER, but being turned down mainly because they explained they experienced “currently got a human being who’s Indian on the display”.
This clip was originally broadcast on Nihal Arthanayake’s display on 28 April 2021.
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