Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto has revealed that her rise to fame was almost too much for her, but lucky she had boyfriend Dev Patel to turn to, who she felt understood what she was going through. She knew that even though she was finding it difficult to get to grips with, she knew she had to keep going in order to maintain her newly found stardom:
‘If I needed to talk to someone about what happened, he was the only one who knew what was going on. It was nice to have those moments and that experience together. It took a while to accept what had happened. As much as I was happy with what was going on, it was almost too much to take in for somebody who’d never experienced any of that before. Surrounding myself with good people such as family and close friends helped me keep my head on my shoulders. That said, the one thing I knew was I had to seize the moment and strike while the iron was hot.”
Freida and Dev’s relationship has continued to go strong since they met on the set of the film, and she says that they have to do what they can to make sure they see each other regularly, no matter how busy they are with their work:
”You have to want to keep the relationship going. He’s filming in LA right now, so this arrangement completely works. I don’t know where I’m going for my next film or where he’s going for his next project, but we always try to make time for each other. It’s difficult with such tight schedules, but the fact you want to make the time is more important.”
