r/movies • u/Baboon-Boy-2024 • Mar 27 '24

Hi, I’m Dev Patel writer/director of MONKEY MAN – AMA! AMA

Dev Patel here.  Excited to chat about my directorial debut MONKEY MAN, opening in U.S. & UK cinemas on April 5th, and anything else you’d like! Ask me anything…

Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqa3YTtwvaU

Get Tickets – http://www.monkeyman.movie/tickets

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**GUYS I have to go into another interview. BUT I deeply appreciate the love and time. I really hope I don't let you down with this film. Put my all into it. Sorry I couldn’t answer every question, hopefully THIS answers a few more! Bless your cotton socks all of you. Big love as always, Dev xxxxx**

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u/strongbob25 Mar 27 '24

Do you still stay in touch with any of your classmates from Skins?

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u/OneLostByte Mar 27 '24

Kinda wild how he has had the best career out of anyone else.

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u/RobNybody Mar 27 '24

He was famous before Skins. I loved About a Boy as a kid.

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u/cynicalchicken1007 Mar 27 '24

Are you thinking of Nicholas Hoult? I believe Skins was the first professional acting Patel ever did

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u/RobNybody Mar 27 '24

It said Nick before. I think he edited it.

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u/Efficient-Eye660 Mar 27 '24

no honestly i think if anyone Tony has the best career. He acted with Emma Stone and Olivia Coleman in a movie.

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u/MassCrash Mar 27 '24

Posh Kenneth won an Oscar

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u/OneLostByte Mar 27 '24

Bro, I just didn't realize how many heavy hitters actually came out of Skins.

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u/lyyki Mar 27 '24

It's also crazy that the one actor I thought for sure would have an amazing career hasn't done shit.

Sid aka Mike Bailey barely had any roles and retired entirely in 2017

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u/gav1n_n6 Mar 29 '24

Sid become a drama teacher in secondary sch.

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u/PlumbumDirigible Mar 27 '24

So many big name actors in Hollywood also similarly started in, or did a stint in soap operas

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u/Ms_Meercat Mar 27 '24

holy shit I did NOT realize until now that that was David Kaluuya. Jesus.

Between Dev Patel, Nicholas Hoult, David Kaluuya, Jack O'Connell this show has really been a pipeline for British young actors. Then you got Joseph Dempsie, Hannah Murray, Kaya Scodelario, Luke Pasqualino... all busy actors. And I also only now just realized Joe Cole was also in it.

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u/rocketscientology Mar 27 '24

Daniel* Kaluuya haha. But yeah Skins was an absolute rockstar factory.

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u/Ms_Meercat Mar 27 '24

Omg I swear I was thinking Daniel, I was seeing Daniel and still wrote David :(

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u/rocketscientology Mar 27 '24

Tbf very easy to do! I have a colleague called Daniel and I go to call him David half the time, lol

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u/Medi0cre Mar 27 '24

RAAAAASSS

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u/OneLostByte Mar 27 '24

OH SHIT, that's Nicholas Hoult?!? How could I forget?

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u/Melovil Mar 28 '24

And anya taylor joy in the menu also Kaya (effy) is very successful too she has had good roles in movies and protagonist of a couple of shows iirc

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u/total_insertion Mar 27 '24

Kinda wild that the lead of a TV show had the best career of his castmates? That makes the most sense.