Bend It Like Beckham star Parminder Nagra says an unnamed hit US TV show turned her down as they 'already had an Indian person' in the cast.
The 45-year-old British-Asian actress, who shot to fame in 2002 after appearing in the comedy film and later in medical drama ER, revealed on the Celebrity Catch Up podcast that she heard producers say "too many brown people" would not sell.
The TV star, who currently lives in celeb hotspot Los Angeles, said: "We're having the conversations happening more and more and things have moved on. "My fear is that - which I think was happening a few years ago - it became about, 'Oh well let's get this box ticked'. "I remember asking to go for a job because an actress basically left - it was a well-known
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