Back in 2011, rumours swirled about two of the biggest global stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Leonardo DiCaprio, teaming up for a big-budget international film. Speculation arose after a viral picture showed SRK, DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Karan Johar, and Mushtaq Sheikh together. While none of the stars confirmed the news, reports claimed the project was titled Xtreme City, with Martin Scorsese as executive producer and Paul Schrader directing. Schrader was also said to have co-written the screenplay with Sheikh.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천When Shah Rukh Khan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Were Rumoured to Do a Hollywood Movie Together and This Pic Started The Gossip!

However, the project quietly faded away within months, and no collaboration materialised. Interestingly, Xtreme City was indeed a real project and was poised to mark Shah Rukh Khan슬롯사이트™s Hollywood debut.

This was later confirmed by Paul Schrader, as reported in an article in The Film Stage, where he discussed the film슬롯사이트™s fate on a podcast. According to Schrader, Shah Rukh Khan슬롯사이트™s hesitation ultimately destabilised the project, leading to its cancellation. For the uninitiated,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Paul Schrader had written the screenplays for classics like슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Taxi Driver,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Raging Bull,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Last Temptation of Christ,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Bringing Out the Dead etc while also directing movies like슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Hardcore,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천American Gigolo,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Affliction,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Canyons and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천First Reformed.

Speaking about Xtreme City, Schrader said, 슬롯사이트œI wanted to do that with Shah Rukh Khan and Leo. In fact, we all met in Berlin. Scorsese was going to produce it. Shah Rukh was in Berlin; Leo was there; we all met about it. Shah Rukh is the boss. He hires directors. Sometimes he hires multiple directors: he슬롯사이트™ll hire somebody for the musical number, somebody else for the action, and another for the personal-relationship scenes. He can do that.슬롯사이트�

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Schrader elaborated further, explaining how SRK슬롯사이트™s reluctance affected the project and even impacted DiCaprio슬롯사이트™s involvement. 슬롯사이트œHe (SRK) has never really worked under the harness of an auteur, and that, I could see, was starting to grate on him. He had never done a film in the West before, nor had he ever been in a secondary role to someone like Leo. Bit by bit - I wrote the script, visited Mumbai several times to meet him - I could feel the ground slowly eroding beneath him. Eventually, his commitment shifted from 슬롯사이트˜firm슬롯사이트� to 슬롯사이트˜provisional,슬롯사이트� and once that happened, Leo슬롯사이트™s commitment also became 슬롯사이트˜provisional.슬롯사이트� Two 슬롯사이트˜provisional슬롯사이트� commitments equal no commitment at all.슬롯사이트�슬롯 머신 사이트 추천슬롯사이트˜What a Loss!슬롯사이트� Says Richard Quest Upon Discovering Shah Rukh Khan Was Never Offered a 슬롯사이트˜Suitable Role슬롯사이트� in Hollywood.

For film enthusiasts, this was certainly a missed opportunity. However, Shah Rukh Khan has consistently maintained that he has no regrets about skipping Hollywood projects. He has often said he prefers to be a 슬롯사이트œking슬롯사이트� in Bollywood rather than take a supporting role in Hollywood.

That said, other Bollywood stars, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Ishaan Khatter, and Aishwarya Rai, have ventured into Hollywood. Among them, the late Irrfan Khan achieved the most significant success in the West, leaving behind an enduring legacy.

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