• In earlier interviews, Kubbra had been vocal about how her move to Mumbai was to be famous and make it big as an actor. But having worked on Foundation , where the true pressures of being Empire (as Lee Pace’s characters are) or Phara’s position as a leader are exposed, she realised there is a lot more to any position of power.
  • “I was conditioned to believe that I had to be famous when I moved to Mumbai, that that was my goal ultimately,” she recalls, “but there’s constant movement, responsibilities, accountability, the need to be well-read with rich experiences. That a position of power or fame is not unilateral or one dimensional.”