Priyanka Chopra gets her own special Time’s ‘most influential’ cover

What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicki Minaj, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Christine Lagarde, Lin-Manuel Miranda have in common with Priyanka Chopra? Why, they each have their own special cover for Time Magazine’s Most Influential list.

What do Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicki Minaj, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Christine Lagarde, Lin-Manuel Miranda have in common with Priyanka Chopra? Well, they each have their own special cover for Time Magazine’s Most Influential list.

I think that the movies that I do, I’m irreplaceable and the boys are replaceable,” Priyanka told Time. (Twitter)

“When I was very young, I was 19 and I was doing the first few movies, I remember that my dates weren’t working out. My scheduling wasn’t working out for a movie with a very big actor. And the producer said, ‘Well, she can’t work it out, it’s fine, we’ll just cast someone else. Or, you know what? I’ll launch a new girl because girls are replaceable.’ I didn’t understand it then. But I think subconsciously it really worked on my mind, and I started picking up parts which were strong, which were not just the damsel in distress waiting for someone to rescue me. As much as I like being rescued. Every girl does … Now 13, 15 years later, whatever, I think that the movies that I do, I’m irreplaceable and the boys are replaceable,” Priyanka told Time.

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India is represented by RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, Sania Mirza, Flipkart co-founders Binny and Sachin Bansal, Google CEO Sundar Pichai in the list that has previously included Aamir Khan and PM Modi.

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Priyanka broke out in Hollywood last year with a starring role in the drama show Quantico, for which she also won a People’s Choice Award and bagged a supporting role in the upcoming Baywatch reboot starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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