From Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting and 28 Days
Later, comes the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of
Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole
nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20
million...
From
Mumbai to London to Hollywood, “Slumdog Millionaire” apparently couldn’t
have arrived at a better time: In just a few weeks, the flick has gone from
underdog to top dog.
After cleaning up at the Golden Globes last month, the film is poised to do
so at the Oscars as well, having been nominated a massive 10 times, including
Best Picture and Best Director.
Anyway, you can probably tell that I like this film a lot. So on Tuesday,
it was my pleasure to spend some time with two of the film’s stars, Dev
Patel and the lovely Freida Pinto.
Both actors have spent almost as much time doing press for the film as it
took to shoot (just four months), and being relatively new to the game, they
are still enjoying every second of it.
At this point they’ve been grilled on almost every show out there, from
“Letterman” to “Oprah,” in who knows how many different languages and
countries, so we wanted to change things up a bit.
Rather
than focusing on the film or the inspiration behind it or its great director
Danny Boyle, we went a bit random. From embarrassing Freida by showing her the
photo shoot she did for Complex magazine to giving Dev Patel a hard
time for taking over Jesse McCartney’s role in “The Last Airbender,” it
was a great spending time with these two. We’ll have plenty from these
interviews in the coming days.
And just in case you’re wondering, yes, Dev Patel is single and enjoying
his fame; and Pinto is just as stunning in real life as she is in the film, if
not better!
If you haven’t seen “Slumdog,” do yourself a favor. And in the
meantime, let us know what and who your favorite Oscar picks are this year!
Slumdog Millionaire director bites back
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has defended the way child actors
in the hit film were treated.
Claims have been made that some of the young performers from the Mumbai slums
had not been paid fairly for their work.
But at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Wednesday night, where
Slumdog won three prizes, Boyle said the facts had been misreported.
"The figures that were released were not true at all," he said.
"The actors were paid very well. We have not released any figures -
either what they were paid or what they will receive when they complete their
education because it would make them vulnerable to certain elements, because
they are quite large sums of money."
The production company wanted to make sure the child actors would benefit
from a decent education as well as the money, he said.
"We are very proud of the way we have dealt with everybody, and it's sad
that it's been misreported by some people."
Boyle won British Director of the Year for the film, which also won British
Film of the Year and Screenwriter of the Year for Simon Beaufoy.
Slumdog has also earned 10 Oscar and 11 Bafta nominations, and Boyle said the
accolades were a huge boost to the cast and crew.
"It's been an extraordinary journey, but in a way I should have expected
something extraordinary because the city we made it in does nothing by
half," he said.
"Everything's max, there's no half measures, it's a full-on passionate
city, so we should have expected it, but you don't.
"It's been incredible."
But there was no award for the film's 18-year-old star Dev Patel, who lost
out in the Best British Actor and NSPCC Young British Performance award.
This new award went to 16-year-old Thomas Turgoose for Somers Town and Eden
Lake.
The teenager said he was thrilled with the prize, and praised director Shane
Meadows for spurring him to an award-winning performance.
Oscar-nominated Kate Winslet won Actress of the Year for her performances in
The Reader and Revolutionary Road, adding to the brace of Golden Globes she won
last month, but did not attend the awards ceremony.
Dame Judi Dench took an Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award in honour of
her career, which has spanned more than 40 years.
The actress said: "It makes me feel extremely humble.
"I had never imagined I would be making a lot of films. I was told very
early on that I would not make very many films.
"I feel terrific, completely overwhelmed."
The London Critics' Circle Awards are judged by more than 100 newspaper and
magazine film critics, and are held to raise money for the NSPCC.
The Wrestler picked up Best Film of the Year and Best Actor for Mickey Rourke
, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won Director of the Year for David
Fincher and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Tilda Swinton.
Michael Fassbender won British Actor of the Year for his portrayal of IRA
prisoner and MP Bobby Sands in Hunger, and Kristin Scott-Thomas took the British
Actress Award for her bilingual performance in I've Loved You So Long.
After 30 years living in France, she said, filming in French was no problem.
trailers and interviews SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle On India Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28
Days Later) discusses the benefits and challenges of shooting a film in India.
See Slumdog Millionaire now playing in theaters everywhere!
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From
Mumbai to London to Hollywood, “Slumdog Millionaire” apparently couldn’t
have arrived at a better time: In just a few weeks, the flick has gone from
underdog to top dog.
Rather
than focusing on the film or the inspiration behind it or its great director
Danny Boyle, we went a bit random. From embarrassing Freida by showing her the
photo shoot she did for Complex magazine to giving Dev Patel a hard
time for taking over Jesse McCartney’s role in “The Last Airbender,” it
was a great spending time with these two. We’ll have plenty from these
interviews in the coming days.
