Freida Pinto's portrayal of an Arab princess Leyla in her latest release 'Black Gold' saw the director asking her to tone down the performance.
The movie's world premiere was held on the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and her sexy attire raised a couple of eyebrows.
"There were times when the director would question me to tone it down," the Independent quoted Pinto as saying.
Based on Hans Ruesch's sweeping historical novel 'The Great Thirst', set in 1930s Arabia on the dawn of the oil boom, the film specializes in a tender Arab prince torn between allegiances to a conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.
The film has a global cast or even features Antonio Banderas as a warring emir. The 'Slumdog Millionaire' actress asserts that her portrayal of the princess was of 1 seeking to bridge the standard and the modern.
"For me, it was very difficult because, as a 21st-century woman, I MIGHT need to turn around and say to Antonio's character, 'I won't divorce him. How dare you tell me what to do!' "But Leyla have been cited differently, so she's slowly but surely looking to get there," she said.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
