London, July 25 (ANI): The director of the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", Danny Boyle, has reportedly been denied permission to use British athletes' in the opening ceremony of next year's London Olympics.
Boyle, who picked up eight Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, intended to use athletes as the centerpiece of his opening gala, which will be watched by a global audience estimated to be around 1 billion viewers.
But coaches, worried that a prolonged ceremony could leave athletes on their feet for hours, have banned the track-and-field side from taking part, The Independent reports.
Boyle is now re-planning the event.
Jonathan Edwards, the former Olympic triple-jump champion and athletes' representative on the London 2012 board, believes that participation could "actually boost athletes' motivation".
He told a Sunday paper: "The philosophy of the ceremony is to put athletes at the heart of it. They will be integral to the narrative Boyle is putting together... [he] wants to make the athletes the stars of the show." (ANI)
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