British director Danny Boyle has said he wouldn’t even think of making a film like “Slumdog Millionaire” today, citing concerns over “cultural appropriation.”
“I’m proud of the film, but you wouldn’t even contemplate doing something like that today. It wouldn’t even get financed,” he told The Guardian about the hit 2008 movie.
The filmmaker won an Oscar for best director for the movie, which follows a young Indian man (played by Dev Patel) as he is given the life-changing opportunity to appear on a local version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
The film, which won eight Academy Awards, received critical acclaim and was a hit at the box office, but some critics took issue with its portrayal of Indian society.
“We wouldn’t be able to make that now,” Boyle said. “And that’s how it should be. It’s time to reflect on all that. We have to look at the cultural baggage we carry and the mark that we’ve left on the world.”
