Life of Pi star says blessing to work with Ang Lee
“Life of Pi” actor Suraj Sharma credits director Ang Lee with setting him on a path to continue with a career in movies.
“Life of Pi” actor Suraj Sharma credits director Ang Lee with setting him on a path to continue with a career in movies.
The biggest and most unexpected winner at last week’s Academy Awards was Ang Lee, who trounced Steven Spielberg in the Best Director race with “Life of Pi,” vis-a-vis Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” which was generally expected to romp off with the directing and Best Picture trophies, but did no such thing because the topmost plum went to “Argo,” instead! —So, “Lincoln” was the evening’s top loser,—a most undeserved fate.
Ang Lee has won the Academy Award for best director for his “Life of Pi.”
In mathematical terms, divide the circumference of the world by its diameter, and you have pi. In Hollywood terms, add a United Nations mix of ingredients and you have the blockbuster “Life of Pi.”
Moviegoers bored with the same old ways of telling stories on the big screen should watch Ang Lee’s latest film, “Life of Pi,” because it finds its own voice in narrating its unique tale about, among other incredible events, how a teenager survives a shipwreck on a dinghy, with a ferocious tiger as co-passenger!
Last Monday’s Golden Globes awards telecast turned out to be a grand night for cheering for two films, “Les Miserables” and “Argo,” but a sad night for grinning and bearing it for other big-screen comers, like the highly touted “Lincoln” and “Life of Pi.”
“Faith is a palace with many rooms,” declares Pi Patel, the protagonist of Ang Lee’s compelling big-screen parable, “Life of Pi” (showing on Wednesday, Jan. 9), as he explains his multifaceted religious persuasions: Patel’s belief in Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam go beyond mere fascination, and grew even stronger after surviving a shipwreck that took the lives of his whole family and set him adrift at sea—for 227 days!
Suraj Sharma was just accompanying his younger brother to audition for the crucial title character in Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi,” but ended up winning the role over 3,000 boys.
