Dev Patel feels "awkward" when he’s called a star.
The ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ actor admits he finds it difficult being known as a celebrity.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he said: "I feel awkward when people call me a star."
And the 29-year-old actor says it was a "massive honour" to take the titular role in the movie.
He said: "It’s amazing. It was massive honour. Captain Ianncui led with so much humour and grace. To have the opportunity to step into Victorian England and wear that costume was a real honour."
Meanwhile, Dev previously admitted he found his heartthrob status "very overwhelming" because he was an "awkward outsider" growing up and never had a girlfriend when he was in school.
He said: "It’s very overwhelming and strange because I’ve always been the dude that never got a girlfriend in school. I was kind of the awkward outsider. So not that it’s changed much but I’m still the same. I feel the same … Isn’t that insane! I feel so overwhelmingly grateful. I don’t know why I’m the recipient of so much luck and love. But it’s beautiful. It’s amazing. I’m just grateful."
And Dev says a lot has changed since his breakout role in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ nearly ten years ago and quipped he would like to "go back to that place of innocence".
He said: "I was beautifully unaware of everything back then and now I’ve come through it a couple times. It’s more complex. It’s more emotions in my head. I actually would like to go back to that place of innocence."
Dev Patel’s ‘awkward’ star status
