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Parminder Nagra is a British film actress born on October 5, 1975. She is renowned for her performances in films such as 'Bend It Like Beckham' and 'Big Hero 6'.

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“I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.”

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“I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.”

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“I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.”

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“In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!”

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“It's been really nice to see different counties that I might never have visited before.”

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“That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.”

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“In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really.”

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“At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there.”

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“My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.”

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“Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.”

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“In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.”

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“And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.”

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“There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.”

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“But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing.”

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“I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.”

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“If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.”

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“But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques; which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.”

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Born: October 5, 1975
Known for: Film actress
Quotes: 17

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