Los Angeles:
She is India's most successful export to Hollywood, but Freida Pinto says that shewas scared that her career will end after Slumdog Millionaire.
The actress went from a small-time model in Mumbai to an international star with her debut film Slumdog Miliionarire, which won eight Oscars in 2009, reported New York Post online.
"I had a lot of moments where I lived in fear that nothing was going to happen after Slumdog Millionaire," said the 26-year-old.
The actress is meanwhile gaining rave reviews for her performance in Julian Schnabel's Miral, where she plays an orphaned Palestinian growing up in war-torn Jerusalem.
"He is everything I needed after Slumdog Millionaire," said Pinto on her collaboration with Schnabel.There were a lot of people expecting a lot out of me and I know that I have this twenty minute role in a fabulous film like Slumdog Millionaire. It's an amazing role, but it would be difficult to convince people from there that 'Hey listen I am a serious actor and I really really want to dothis, I'm passionate about this'. And Julian gave me that opportunity," said the actress.
Though some Jewish groups have claimed that the film is anti-Israel, Pinto, who recently starred in Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, is gaining plaudits for her gritty performance.
Pinto is currently working on the action-adventure movie Rise Of The Apes, where she stars alongside James Franco.The film is set in present day San Francisco and follows the story of a man's own experiments with genetic engineering.
The actress went from a small-time model in Mumbai to an international star with her debut film Slumdog Miliionarire, which won eight Oscars in 2009, reported New York Post online.
"I had a lot of moments where I lived in fear that nothing was going to happen after Slumdog Millionaire," said the 26-year-old.
The actress is meanwhile gaining rave reviews for her performance in Julian Schnabel's Miral, where she plays an orphaned Palestinian growing up in war-torn Jerusalem.
"He is everything I needed after Slumdog Millionaire," said Pinto on her collaboration with Schnabel.There were a lot of people expecting a lot out of me and I know that I have this twenty minute role in a fabulous film like Slumdog Millionaire. It's an amazing role, but it would be difficult to convince people from there that 'Hey listen I am a serious actor and I really really want to dothis, I'm passionate about this'. And Julian gave me that opportunity," said the actress.
Though some Jewish groups have claimed that the film is anti-Israel, Pinto, who recently starred in Woody Allen's You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, is gaining plaudits for her gritty performance.
Pinto is currently working on the action-adventure movie Rise Of The Apes, where she stars alongside James Franco.The film is set in present day San Francisco and follows the story of a man's own experiments with genetic engineering.
