Why is an Indian actress named Priyanka Chopra playing an American FBI agent named Alex Parrish, you might ask? And what is with that accent?
Well, American television shows routinely hire actors from all around the world and it is not uncommon to see non-American actors cast as American characters. For instance, Dominic West and Idris Elba, both Britons, put on strong Baltimore accents for acclaimed HBO drama 'The Wire'.
