Overview
- Speaking to Gulf News at the Middle East premiere of National Geographic’s Pole to Pole, Smith asked Shah Rukh Khan to cast him in a Bollywood film.
- He said past conversations with Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan did not lead to projects, joking that Bachchan dubbed him “Big W.”
- No collaboration has been announced, with Smith’s remarks framed as an open call rather than a confirmed plan.
- Shah Rukh Khan is currently filming King, directed by Siddharth Anand and featuring Suhana Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan and Jaideep Ahlawat.
- Pole to Pole with Will Smith premieres January 13 on National Geographic, charting a 100-day journey between the poles with extreme challenges.