'You're kind of like, 'Where am I allowed to exist?''
He eventually did land bigger, non-cliché roles, as the lead in films like 2019'stold the Guardian
that he apologized to director Armando Iannucci for the"barrage of comments" that would come his way for casting a British-Indian actor to"basically play Charles Dickens." He said he had concerns that his casting would distract from the film itself,"because everyone's going to be so fixated on the color of the lead's skin."
He went on to discuss the criticism he's received for playing both British characters and Indian characters, saying:"You're kind of like, 'Where am I allowed to exist?'""How specific are we going to get with this? What does it mean to be an actor — to just be yourself?" Dev asked.
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