Dev Patel, lead actor in Danny Boyle’s latest film Slumdog Millionaire, talks to Samiat Pedro about landing his dream role, adopting accents in Mumbai and finding himself on TV’s famous sofas.
It is another hectic day for the seriously jetlagged Dev Patel. Fresh from his trip back to India, Dev sits talking to Philip and Fern on the This Morning sofa but he’s certainly not complaining – after all, this is the part he worked his butt off for. “I never wanted anything so badly,” says the 18-year-old from Harrow.
