Ancient Hindu lore lies at the center of Monkey Man’s underdog story.While appearing on The Tonight Show, lead actor/director Dev Patel spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about finally bringing his upcoming action film to the big screen and being surprised by the audience reactions to Monkey Man at SXSW. A big source of inspiration, Patel revealed, was the Hindu deity Hanuman, stating, “My dad wears this chain around his neck with this monkey holding this one mountain in his hand. And I used to ask him, I was like, ‘Dad, what’s that about?’ And he’s like, ‘Wait til your granddad comes back from Kenya, and he’ll tell you this story.'”After Fallon brought up Monkey Man’s underground fight club setting, Patel tied the journey Hanuman faces to the one protagonist Kid faces in both the arena and during his revenge mission. “It’s this guy donning a cheap… he’s literally a performing monkey in this, donning a cheap rubber gorilla mask. And people are throwing trash at this guy. And it’s basically about… it’s the ultimate underdog action film,” he continued. The Green Knight star also declared himself a big fan of action movies, finding Kid a departure from typecast roles like “the funny sidekick or the guy that hacks the mainframe for the lead dude. You know, I was like, “I got to write this thing myself.””
Ancient Hindu lore lies at the center of Monkey Man‘s underdog story.
While appearing on The Tonight Show, lead actor/director Dev Patel spoke with host Jimmy Fallon about finally bringing his upcoming action film to the big screen and being surprised by the audience reactions to Monkey Man at SXSW. A big source of inspiration, Patel revealed, was the Hindu deity Hanuman, stating, “My dad wears this chain around his neck with this monkey holding this one mountain in his hand. And I used to ask him, I was like, ‘Dad, what’s that about?’ And he’s like, ‘Wait til your granddad comes back from Kenya, and he’ll tell you this story.'”
After Fallon brought up Monkey Man‘s underground fight club setting, Patel tied the journey Hanuman faces to the one protagonist Kid faces in both the arena and during his revenge mission. “It’s this guy donning a cheap… he’s literally a performing monkey in this, donning a cheap rubber gorilla mask. And people are throwing trash at this guy. And it’s basically about… it’s the ultimate underdog action film,” he continued. The Green Knight star also declared himself a big fan of action movies, finding Kid a departure from typecast roles like “the funny sidekick or the guy that hacks the mainframe for the lead dude. You know, I was like, “I got to write this thing myself.””
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