Complex sentence: In the 2006 movie', Kavita Rao was played by Iranian-American actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, despite claims Aghdashloo made in an interview in the August 26,2005 "Entertainment Weekly" that she would be playing Dr. Cecilia Reyes.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 2006 movie', Kavita Rao was played by Iranian-American actress Shohreh Aghdashloo. This is despite claims made by Aghdashloo in an interview with "Entertainment Weekly" (August 26,2005) that she would be playing Dr. Cecilia Reyes.