Dev Patel Breaks Down As He Gets Standing Ovation For Monkey Man, Video Goes Viral
Dev Patel will be showcasing his acting skills in the upcoming action-thriller Monkey Man. Not only did Dev write the story for Monkey Man, but he also served as the film's producer and director. Now, he just broke down in tears during his film's world debut at SXSW after earning a standing ovation.
Dev Patel will be showcasing his acting skills in the upcoming action-thriller Monkey Man. Not only did Dev write the story for Monkey Man, but he also served as the film's producer and director.
In Monkey Man, the versatile actor who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and other films, plays a vigilante superhero.
Now, he just broke down in tears during his film's world debut at SXSW after earning a long standing ovation.
Dev Patel Cries As He Gets Standing Ovation For Monkey Man
In a video shared by Variety, Dev can be seen crying as the crowd applauded him throughout the screening's closing credits. With his hands folded in gratitude and his eyes watering, he was nothing but grateful.
Dev Patel receives a standing ovation after a #SXSW screening of his feature directorial debut "Monkey Man." pic.twitter.com/OcpjhByVSu
¡ª Variety (@Variety) March 12, 2024
Although Monkey Man was once announced as a Netflix production, its teaser from January indicated that producer Jordan Peele had taken over and that Universal would be releasing the film in theaters.
At the SXSW premiere, Peele said, ¡°This is a film that simply demands to be seen in a theatre with a huge rockstar audience.¡±
¡°I¡¯ve never seen someone pour his heart, soul, body, mind and energy into a film, into a story more than this man (Dev Patel),¡± he added.
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Speaking on the occasion, Dev Patel said as per IndianExpress, ¡°I put everything into this, I shot this film in the biggest slum in India, Covid hit, and the film went down. Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. And then Jordan came along in the end, he picked up from the ground, he brushed the dust off and put it on the mantel piece.¡±
¡°I think the action genre has sometimes been abused by the system. I wanted to give it real soul, real trauma, real pain and you guys deserve that. And I wanted to infuse it with a little bit of culture,¡± he added.
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