Priyanka Chopra Reveals the One Project She Had Equal Pay On

It took the actress 22 years to get the same salary as a male costar.

During a panel at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Priyanka Chopra revealed a surprising and disappointing fact about her career.

Chopra, who's been acting since 2002, shared that her upcoming TV Amazon Prime series Citadel marked the first time she'd been paid the same wage as her male costar.

According to BuzzFeed, Chopra began her surprising revelation by saying, "I might get into trouble for [saying this], depends on who's watching."

She continued, "I've been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years, and I have done about 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."

Chopra delved into how frustrating the lack of pay equality has been in her long-spanning career, saying, "I put in the same amount of investment and work, but I get paid much less."

She added, "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.'"

During the panel, Chopra also opened up about dealing with body image issues while being an actress.

"I've been told many things that are difficult to hear. In my job, the pressure is so intense you can't really show the chinks in your armor," Chopra said, as reported by People.

"Someone told me yesterday that I wasn't sample-sized," she continued. "I was hurt and I discussed it with my family, and I cried to my husband [Nick Jonas], and my team, and I felt really bad about the fact that I'm not sample size, and that's a problem, apparently—most of us are not, and sample size is size 2."