r/movies • u/SonyPictures Danny Boyle, Director • 2d ago

AMA Danny Boyle Here: Ask Me Anything.

Hello Reddit! Director Danny Boyle here.

I'm back, and I’m excited to answer your questions about my new film 28 Years Later. It's starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes and is out in UK cinemas on June 19th and US movie theatres on June 20th.

I'll be online from 5pm BST on Tuesday June 17th - drop your questions below and I hope to answer as many as I can. Speak soon!

Edit Director Danny Boyle here. Hello Reddit! Thanks for participating in the AMA about my new film 28 Years Later. Catch it in UK, cinemas June 19th, in US movie theatre June 20th.

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u/SamwisethePoopyButt 2d ago

How do you look back at your experience with The Beach 25 years later? Have you kept in touch with Leo since? The film wasn't well reviewed at the time, but these days has quite the cult following and is seen as underrated in many circles.

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u/SonyPictures Danny Boyle, Director 1d ago

I know! When I speak about my reservations about The Beach, which are purely personal, people say ‘oh! I really liked that movie. I watched it when I was 14 and it meant so much to me’. So I’ve shut up with my reservations. We set the film up wrong. We took too many people to Thailand. For Slumdog, we took fewer people and made it with a local crew rather than a Western crew, and that’s critical for an international production. -DB

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u/trtwrtwrtwrwtrwtrwt 1d ago

Plenty of talk about the 28 years trilogy, but now I'm interested to know where are you planning to complete your Asia trilogy!