Dev Patel Discusses His Star Wars Audition, 007 Rumors, And Comic Book Movies

Actor Dev Patel has opened up on his Star Wars audition, rumors of him being cast as 007 in the James Bond series, and if he'd ever want to appear in a comic book movie.

Regarding his Star Wars audition, Patel said he was filming The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at the time in India when he got the call. "I sent them an iPhone video from my trailer in India. The next minute, I got a call-back, and I was there, and that was fascinating," Patel told Total Film.

Whatever the part was, Patel didn't get it, and he didn't share anything else about which movie it was or why his audition went south.

As for the rumors that Patel could play 007 next, the actor remarked that he doesn't understand why his name would be in the mix. "I don't know why that is. I guess that I should take it as a compliment," he said. "But I feel like hasn't every young British actor been associated with Bond at some point, I'm sure?"

And as for appearing in a comic book movie someday, Patel said he's "not opposed to it," but he's being selective, it seems.

"I don't want to sh** on those movies, because there are some incredible performers that manage to go off and win Oscars, and then go and do a big Marvel movie. And there are films like Black Panther that culturally changed the paradigm in massive ways. I liked the first Captain America. I thought that was amazing, the action in that," he said. "And so it's just finding the right one. It's being invited along, and also finding the right one. The ones that I have been offered, which I can't talk about, haven't quite worked for me."

Patel's next movie is the medieval fantasy movie The Green Knight, which opens on July 30 in the US. It was recently pulled from release in the UK due in part to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.