DEV PATEL A Story I Did For RSP

DEV PATEL

Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel spoke to Ryan Seacrest this morning to tackle the rumor that he and girlfriend Freida Pinto are the new couple that has headed down the engagement path.

Ryan confronted Patel, about the recent reports that Dev and "Slumdog Millionaire" co-star Freida recently got engage. Dev Patel responded by saying "NO.... That's rubbish". So, when asked about whether or not he is indeed dating her, he replies by saying "yeah... kind of". When Ryan jokes and says that by saying 'kind of' when he is in fact in a relationship, "is kind of a problem" and will get him into some trouble with the lady, Patel quickly replies by saying "No we are, we are."

"The Last Airbender", Written, produced and directed by the talented M. Night Shyamalan, is an action-adventure fantasy film scheduled to be released on July 1, 2010, where Patel plays Prince Zuko. When asked about his character and whether he was playing a "good guy or a bad guy", Patel responded by telling us that his character plays "a bit of both. Everyone calls him evil, but more than anything, he's just a confused boy, bursting into manhood, struggling to find the right path."

The cartoon may portrait more of an evil character but Patel explains to us that his character, Prince Zuko, of whom is banished by his father, "Is just a child struggling to regain his honor in love."

Patel, who replaced Jesse Mcartney as Prince Zuko, tells us that since the success of "Slumdog Millionaire", he has not yet decided to move to Hollywood, and his life has been somewhat relaxed, besides shooting this film. Patel, who currently resides in London, considers himself a bit of a "travelling gypsy" as he is constantly "all over the place."

With the upcoming premiere of "The Last Airbender", Patel will embark on a wide world press tour and tells us that he is somewhat "nervous- I'm biting my fingernails."

Patel managed to familiarise himself with the animated tv series before he started shooting, by catching a few episodes on his 'down-time' while shooting "Slumdog Millionaire". Being a huge fan of martial arts and liking all the "Bruce Lee, Jet-Lee's, Jacki Chan's", Patel tells us how this animated cartoon contains a wide variety of martial arts and visual effects. Being a black-belt, and active in taikwando for the last eight years, Patel describes the movie as the type of movie that "brought out the inner child in me."

M. Night Shyamalan, who calls himself "Night", is, according to Patel, "a real family man" and also goes on to tell us that the biggest fans of the movie, in his opinion, are probably that of his 3 young daughters.

"The Last Airbender", which stars Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer, is out in 3D as well as in 2D theatres this thursday, 1 July.