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Danny Boyle Says He Would Never Make Oscar-Winner ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Now Amid “Cultural Appropriation” Concerns
Danny Boyle says he remains proud of 'Slumdog Millionaire' — but her would never make the Oscar-winning film in the current climate.
Danny BoyleGetty Reflecting on his 2008 Best Picture winner in an interview with The Guardian, Boyle said the film, about a Mumbai ghetto kid (Dev Patel) who wins a quiz jackpot, would be difficult to mount — and for good reasons. Boyle’s comments suggest he is unlikely to be involved in the effort to revisit Slumdog Millionaire through a film sequel and/or TV adaptation housed at Bridge7, a production company founded by former Netflix executive Swati Shetty and former CAA agent Grant Kessman. Directed by Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy based on the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup, Slumdog Millionaire follows the story of 18-year-old Jamal whose life of hardship in the slums of Mumbai gives him the answers he needs to win a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-style show.
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