Posted by Adam

Friday July 9, 2010

DEV Patel loves being the bad guy!

The Slumdog Millionaire star says he took the role of Prince Zuko in new movie The Last Airbender because it was so different from the other roles he was being offered.

“I got offered a lot of things after Slumdog, but this really stood out, because it was a villain,” Patel told Britain’s Empire magazine.

“I wanted to go as far as possible in the other direction. I think I can reinvent myself here.

“We had this one scene where I was fighting off all these men on my ship and there are all these stunt guys flying all over the place, supposedly terrified of me.

“And I’m standing in the middle. This kid from Harrow, thinking, ‘Well this is mental.’”

Dev recently admitted he’s missing his family as he travels the world promoting The Last Airbender.

“We’re doing a four-month press tour for The Last Airbender which is taking us everywhere so I haven’t been home for a while now,” he said.

“I’ve been living out of a suitcase which is not easy. I do really miss home, friends and family but I really can’t complain.”

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