'First time in my career': Priyanka Chopra says she got equal pay in Citadel’ in 22 years

Global star Priyanka Chopra recently revealed that she had pay parity only on ‘Citadel’ for the first time in her career.

In an interview with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) 2023, Priyanka said, ‘I might get into trouble for saying this, depends on who’s watching. I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years, and I have done almost 70-plus features and two TV shows. But when I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity. I’m laughing about this, but it’s kind of nuts.’

Priyanka Chopra further added, ‘I put in the same amount of investment and work, but I get paid much less. But the ease in which Amazon Studios said, ‘That’s what you deserve, you are co-leads, that’s just fair,’ and I was like, ‘You’re right, it’s fair.’ And I wonder: Did that happen because there are very few female decision-makers in Hollywood? Would that have been a different conversation if a woman didn’t make that decision? Those are not conversations that happened very easily.’

Earlier this week, Prime Video dropped the official trailer for Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ spy series ‘Citadel’. The series will release on Prime Video on April 28. It also stars Stanley Tucci, Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer, Osy Ikhile as Carter Spence and Ashleigh Cummings as Abby Conroy.

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