Dev Patel ‘slummed’ it out

British teleserial actor Dev Patel had to go through a longish period of training before he was ready to play the slum boy in Danny Boyle���s film Slumdog Millionaire.
Dev, who shot to fame with the serial Skins, plays a boy from Dharavi and was taught how to do so by two young men from the same slum.
���I picked up a lot of mannerisms from them,��� said Dev, who was in Mumbai for three months and got familiar with the role of his character in Dharavi itself.���It was a huge learning curve for me,��� said the actor.
The Gujarati-British actor is big in UK because of Skins, but Dev disagrees, ���I wouldn���t say I���m huge. But, yeah, the serial has got quite a following in London. It���s a big privilege to work with Danny Boyle. I���m sure I���ll be looked on differently.���
The response to the film at the Toronto Film Festival overwhelmed him. ���At the world premiere we got a standing ovation. It was an awesome experience,��� admitted the actor who is hoping this role will make him a millionaire many times over.