★★★★★ | The Green Knight
The bane of every English literature undergraduate’s existence has become a startling cinematic odyssey thanks to some cheeky revisions from the writer-director David Lowery and an extraordinary performance from Dev Patel thetimes.co.uk/article/the-gr…
The bane of every English literature undergraduate’s existence has become a startling cinematic odyssey thanks to some cheeky revisions from the writer-director David Lowery and an extraordinary performance from Dev Patel thetimes.co.uk/article/the-gr…
Time has been kind to Dev Patel
The Slumdog Millionaire star and go-to guy for smiley sweet-natured “gangly kind of characters” has suddenly, at 31, emerged as a heavyweight hero and leading man in A24's The Green Knight
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-de…
The Slumdog Millionaire star and go-to guy for smiley sweet-natured “gangly kind of characters” has suddenly, at 31, emerged as a heavyweight hero and leading man in A24's The Green Knight
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-de…
“For this film I got stripped of all that wide-eyed and open vulnerability stuff that I normally lean into” Patel says, acknowledging the departure that he has made from his regular post-Slumdog types
He knows that The Green Knight is something special, and he describes how he canvassed for the role from the moment he read the screenplay by the film’s writer-director David Lowery 
The film was shot in Ireland in the spring of 2019, and Patel reminisces about the coldness of the weather, the desolate mountain locations, and the day, early in the shoot, when he caught food poisoning and projectile vomited while in costume
The Times first met him in 2010, when he had just starred in the $150 million blockbuster flop The Last Airbender, which had been chosen to “position” him as a global star
It’s obvious that he has many regrets about The Last Airbender – not just about the title, but also about his emerging fame and his lack of control over everything around him
Today, on reflection, he says: “That really was like being a lobster thrown into a boiling pot. It was ridiculous in every sense”
What’s next for Patel?
His own directorial debut, Monkey Man, which he says is an “action revenge movie” that was shot in Indonesia just before the pandemic struck
His own directorial debut, Monkey Man, which he says is an “action revenge movie” that was shot in Indonesia just before the pandemic struck
It’s backed by the makers of the Keanu Reeves action-franchise John Wick, so requires Patel to dig deep into his martial arts past
“Honestly, I hadn’t practised in a long time”
“Honestly, I hadn’t practised in a long time”
As for his future as a heavyweight hero and leading man?
He’s too bashful for that. And too modest.
“Right now, as long as I get to be on set and work with some interesting people, I’m happy.”
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-de…
He’s too bashful for that. And too modest.
“Right now, as long as I get to be on set and work with some interesting people, I’m happy.”
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-de…
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