Directly after watching the movie The Hundred-Foot Journey we were joined by the movie’s male lead, Manish Dayal. We interviewed him for about a half an hour and he was very engaging and entertaining. He gave us some great insight into the motivations of his character Hassan Kadam.
The first thing that we asked was if he cooked in real life and the answer was no. For him preparing for the movie was learning all about kitchen culture and how to look like he knew what he was doing with the knives and other equipment. He had many people to learn from as there were tons of chefs on set who were from all different styles. I asked him what his favorite meal from teh movie was and he said that he ate tons of the Beef Bourguignon. Continue reading An Interview with Manish Dayal at the #100FootJourneyEvent→
For the past few months I’ve been posting on this blog about the movie The Hundred-Foot Journey which opens tomorrow. Normally this isn’t one of my go to genres of movie but something about it appealed to me. I think the overall story was interesting and the food looked incredible. I also love Helen Mirren and thought that she was great in Red and Red 2 and also the voice of Dean Hardscrabble in Monsters University. So I began to learn more about the movie and was pleasantly surprised to find that I would be able to go to California to not only screen the movie but to meet Manish Dayal the male lead and also to get a cooking lesson at Le Cordon Bleu. Continue reading Take Steps to See The Hundred-Foot Journey – #100FootJourneyEvent→
