Danny Boyle reportedly rejected the chance to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth following his
direction of the Opening Ceremony for the London Summer Olympics. The Slumdog
Millionaire
director was going to be nominated by UK's arts and media
honors committee but told them he wasn't interested.He explained his decision
to
BBC radio in December saying, "I'm very proud to be an equal
citizen and I think that's what the Opening Ceremony was actually about."