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Dev Patel with 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-actor Freida Pinto. File Photo/Reuters
The young actor was recently seen as Prince Zuko in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender", which released in the US last week.
"I got offered a lot of things after 'Slumdog Millionaire', but this really stood out, because it was a villain. I wanted to go as far as possible in the other direction. I think I can reinvent myself here," Patel was quoted as saying by contactmusic.com.
Patel first received fame in the British TV show "Skins".
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