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Dev Patel On How Jordan Peele Swung A Theatrical Release For ‘Monkey Man’
Dev Patel on how Jordan Peele swung 'Monkey Man' to the big screen.
Monkey Man was originally expected to stream on Netflix — but Jordan Peele gave Dev Patel ‘s feature directorial debut a different fate, and sent it to the big screen. “I haven’t seen someone such as myself expressed in this manner (on screen),” Patel continued, “Normally we’re given the roles of comedic relief: The guy who opens that laptop and hacks the mainframe type of thing.” “My mother managed to channel a lot of this energy and ADHD through martial arts and Taekwondo,” he said, “It’s pretty crazy to think that this kid who wet himself in his first karate class because he didn’t know his right from his left is standing here with his own action film.”
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