Freida Pinto is definitely worth enduring torture for. As Latika, she provides the inspiration for our hero, Jamal (Dev Patel) to keep going despite a life of hardships that even include getting tortured after winning a game show. For her first film, Pinto was a total discovery to director Danny Boyle.

Freida Pinto Inspires Our Slumdog Millionaire

“The first time I read with the casting director and the second time on it was with Danny,” Pinto recalled. “I would go in probably once a month, sometimes twice a month and every time I’d go in for an audition Danny would say, ‘Fantastic. I’ll see you again.’ So every time he says that I’d say, ‘Okay, maybe in three days.’ 30 days! He’d just keep me waiting for 30 days. I think every time I went in was fun. I’m not complaining because I think it was literally like going to an acting school and I think it was necessary because since I had absolutely no acting experience besides the amateur theatre that I’ve done.”

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