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Chopra explained that she was tired of being offered parts as "the Indian princess, some exotic looking snake-charmer or some hypnotizing lady." She said she never wanted to be restricted to such archetypal characters, and it "annoys" her when that's all global entertainment sees people from India as.

"When they (ABC) came to me for this deal about some show, I told them very clearly that I'd do it if you cast me as an ethnically ambiguous part. I mentioned that the fact that I am an Indian should have nothing to do with the story, cast me an actor. And they did. They found me a part which is half Indian and half Caucasian. I play an FBI agent and the story has nothing to do with my big family or me wearing henna or any of those stereotypes."