Boyle takes blame for failure of movie
Director Danny Boyle blames himself for the failure of the movie 'The Beach', from the year 2000, insisting its star Leonardo DiCaprio was unfairly targetted by critics.
The film, about backpackers who discover a paradise island, was reviewed unfavourably in comparison to the Alex Garland book on which it was based.
Critics made Leonardo DiCaprio the scapegoat - but Danny Boyle confesses he made the mistake of taking on a project he had no understanding of.
He admits that he had nothing in common with the backpackers on the beach and that it wasn't Leo - whom he calls "a sweetheart" and "a brilliant actor".
The director describes himself as "a city boy" and that if he goes to the countryside, after half a day he's out of his mind, bored.
The idea of 'escaping' was alien to him and he says he really didn't know what he was doing there.
