Date 01/12/2016 - News People
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures/Photofest After starring in Best Picture-winner Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel moved on to a project that couldn't have been worse-received. 2010's Avatar: The Last Airbender was rejected by fans of the beloved Nickelodeon property, taken to task by critics, and faced accusations of whitewashing. For Patel, the experience on the M. Night Shyamalan film changed his view of Hollywood and the types of roles he would take. "I don't know what I would like to play, but I know what I'm afraid of playing: those big studio movies.
