Danny Boyle admits he couldn't make 'Slumdog Millionaire' today because of cultural appropriation concerns

English manager Danny Boyle said that helium would not nonstop "Slumdog Millionaire" if it was made contiguous owed to "cultural appropriation" and would alternatively person a "young Indian filmmaker" marque it instead.

"We wouldn’t beryllium capable to marque that now. And that’s however it should be. It’s clip to bespeak connected each that. We person to look astatine the taste baggage we transportation and the people that we’ve near connected the world... At the clip it felt radical," Boyle told The Guardian.

Danny Boyle said connected Friday that helium would not nonstop "Slumdog Millionaire" contiguous owed to "cultural appropriation."

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Set successful India, the movie tells the communicative of Jamal, a young "slumdog" who's been selected to look connected the country's mentation of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", and hopes to besides find his puerility mislaid love, Latika. Throughout his appearance, events from his tumultuous beingness are shown successful flashback and assistance him reply the questions.

Released successful 2008, "Slumdog Millionaire" was a deed with audiences and critics, grossing astir $380 cardinal connected a $15 cardinal fund and winning 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Director for Boyle.

A nonmigratory of Dharavi, India hits a poster of the formed of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" with a slipper during a protestation against the film's producers connected February 3, 2009, successful Mumbai, India. (Photo by Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (Getty)

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However, contempt its success, the movie was controversial for appearing to exploit Indian civilization and represent stereotypes of India from a occidental perspective. Some Indian critics enjoyed the movie, but immoderate Indian artists were underwhelmed, claiming it was "saturated with stereotyped images of India," TIME mag reported.

Boyle added that portion the movie was successful accumulation implicit 15 years ago, helium was delicate to the exploitative implications of making the movie arsenic a foreigner then.

"We made the determination that lone a fistful of america would spell to Mumbai. We’d enactment with a large Indian unit and effort to marque a movie wrong the culture. But you’re inactive an outsider. It’s inactive a flawed method. That benignant of taste appropriation mightiness beryllium sanctioned astatine definite times," Boyle told The Guardian.

He went connected to say, "But astatine different times it cannot be. I mean, I’m arrogant of the film, but you wouldn’t adjacent contemplate doing thing similar that today. It wouldn’t adjacent get financed. Even if I was involved, I’d beryllium looking for a young Indian filmmaker to sprout it."

Cast of "Slumdog Millionaire" Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel and manager Danny Boyle astatine the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held astatine the Shrine Auditorium connected January 25, 2009, successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) (Getty)

Boyle's different notable movies see "Trainspotting," "Steve Jobs," "127 Hours" and the "28 Days Later" fearfulness series. The latest, "28 Years Later", was released connected Friday.

Boyle nor his representatives instantly responded to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

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