![]() Mara is an incredible actress and is amazing here. Rooney Mara is the somewhat fictionalized character of Lucy, Saroo’s love interest. The main way they connected was by playing cricket, which is shown in the movie. It took time for Kidman and David Wenham (who is the adoptive dad) to build that relationship and trust with Sunny. Not only was he a 6 year old who had never acted before, he didn’t speak English. She said they had a longer than usual rehearsal process for her and Sunny to form a bond. She is Australian and has two adoptive children of her own and so was able to connect with the character. Nicole Kidman was handpicked by Sue Brierley herself to play Saroo’s adoptive mom. If you are a Patel fan, you should check out my coverage of The Green Knight book vs movie! ![]() He was amazing in Slumdog, so it sucks that because he was a minority, he had such a hard time getting roles! This kind of thing doesn’t happen to white actors after being in a big breakout role. He said the audition process was a grueling six hours and he was up against a lot of other guys, but he got the role! I read that after the success of Slumdog Millionaire (which was his breakout performance, and I also have a podcast for it if you want to check it out!) he had a hard time getting roles because producers and such didn’t want to cast him in fear of people thinking they simply cast the most well-known Indian actor. He really fought for the role, going to meet Luke Davies and Garth Davis before the script was even complete. He was nominated for an Academy Award, a Sag Award and BAFTA which he won. This caused them to be turned down by a lot of American production companies who would only make the movie if the location was switched to the USA.ĭev Patel plays adult Saroo and gives a stellar performance. The film took a while to get a production company to back it because the two producers involved were Australian and wanted to keep the location in Australia/Tasmania, where the original story takes place. I have my own kids and to imagine a five-year-old alone there, unable to speak the language … that’s when I knew this was going to be a really powerful film.” I sat on a bench at the Burhanpur Train Station where he woke up alone, and then on to Kolkata and the main train station, Howrah, where the full force of the story really hit me. I walked around his village by myself and imagined being a little boy growing up in that area. Davis said, “It was important for me to just walk in Saroo’s reality as much as possible and so I literally retraced his steps as best as I could. This movie is also director Garth Davis’ film debut! Davis of course also went to all the locations Brierley talks about in his book. I have read that book and seen the movie I plan on covering it here at some point but just not sure when I will. Davies also adapted the screenplay for Beautiful Boy which is also a memoir. After the book was released, he went to see Saroo and his family to get permission to make it into a movie, to which they agreed. He is from Australia, and Saroo’s story was well known. The script was adapted by screen writer Luke Davies. At the time, he was genuinely surprised that his journey had captured the public’s imagination, and had also captured the imagination of Google.” At the same time he’s a quintessential Aussie guy with a larrikin sense of humor.” Whilst Canning said: “I was very taken by how family orientated he is, both with his Australian family and with his birth family in India. There is something about him as a person that is very resilient and industrious and confident. Fielder said: “When you meet Saroo you get a sense of how he managed to survive on the streets of Kolkata as a five-year-old. ![]() Producers Iain Canning and Angie Fielder recalled meeting Saroo Brierley and their first impressions of him. While reading it, it gave me high hopes for the movie because there was so much potential here. Both of which you can learn about in my last podcast episode.Īnyway, even though Brierley isn’t the best writer, his story is so captivating that the book was worth reading. He is a writer and a poet, and I loved reading the two memoirs of his I have. The biggest exception here is Nick Flynn. They are usually written by someone who isn’t a writer but has an interesting story to tell so they write about it anyway. For the most part, memoirs aren’t usually written the best. Which, at this point on this podcast, including this one, I have read nine memoirs. ![]() However, this isn’t the most well written memoir I’ve read. First off, this is an incredible story, and I am so glad Saroo, and his family caught the attention of the media, then Saroo writing the book about it all. ![]()
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