London
(ANI):
Dev
Patel
has
admitted
that
he
had
his
concerns
about
starring
in
action
fantasy
film
'The
Last
Airbender".
The
Sixth
Sense
director
M
Night
Shyamalan
has
a
taken
Dev
in
his
latest
movie
after
seeing
him
in
the
Oscar-winning
Slumdog
Millionaire
-
but
the
20-year-old
British
actor
revealed
to
the
Radio
Times
he
had
his
doubts
after
reading
the
script.
"I
read
the
entire
script
and
I
had
my
concerns
-
I
was
like
[wince]
I'm
not
too
sure
if
I
really
wanna
be
doing
this.
I
wasn't
blown
away," the
Mirror
quoted
him
as
saying.
But
then
he
spoke
to
Shyamalan
on
the
phone
and
was
impressed
by
"his
vision".
Now
Dev
insists
the
negative
criticism
of
the
film
is
inspiring
to
him.
"Actually
the
negative
criticism
really
drives
me
in
a
way
[he
points
out
he
didn't
get
good
reviews
for
his
role
in
Skins].
And
if
I
had
got
amazing
reviews
for
Skins,
I
don't
know
if
I
would
have
worked
as
hard
on
Slumdog,
to
get
the
awards
I
did.
But
then
there
was
too
much
praise
after
Slumdog.
So
to
come
off
Airbender
and
for
the
film
to
be
critically
smashed
like
it
is
now,
is
great,"
he
added.