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Dev Patel Says ‘Monkey Man’ Shoot Faced ‘Absolute Catastrophe’: Funding Nearly Pulled, Locations Lost, Broken Cameras and a ‘Basically Dead’ Movie
Dev Patel says there was a "catastrophe" everyday while making "Monkey Man," from broken cameras to funding nearly being pulled.
Dev Patel makes his feature directorial debut with the upcoming action movie “ Monkey Man,” which blew the roof off SXSW earlier this month and earned strong reviews, but getting the film made was no walk in the park. During a Reddit AMA ahead of the film’s April theatrical release, Patel told fans that directing, acting in and producing “Monkey Man” was “the most demanding thing I’ve ever done in my life” because “everyday we faced absolute catastrophe.” I lost my initial production designer and [cinematographer] and the film was basically dead, then we pivoted and went to a tiny island in Indonesia where we could create a bubble in an empty hotel for the whole crew of nearly 500 people.
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