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Ever wondered how an actor performs in a language they can't speak? Priyanka Chopra Jonas breaks down her process, explaining the difficulties with improvisation and how she turns it into an 'added layer of performance' that she loves as a challenge.
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00:00You're learning a new language for this right? Like how does that process been?
00:03I don't know if I'm learning the language yet. I'm phonetically memorizing my words
00:08and saying them so I can pick up like yes Telugu is not a language I understand or speak
00:14um and nor does he actually um understands it a little bit better than me though I think he's
00:20he's really great at it um but yeah that's super tough to you know especially if you have to
00:26improvise on set like I have no idea how to improvise back with him in the language that's
00:32his mother tongue you know so it's like um so I rely really on our director to help me with
00:39you know what that is he'll phonetically come and say it to me especially if there's improv I'll take
00:44like 10 minutes to kind of memorize it understand what the tone is understand what each word means
00:50and then say it in my own way so it's an added layer of performance that I think you know
00:57you
00:57get pushed to every time you do a different language which I have done in the past but yeah
01:02it's not easy but I love a challenge so that's good
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