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Did you know Shah Rukh Khan was to play a gangster in this movie?

At one point, SRK was in conversation with Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese about a film called Xtreme City. Director Paul Schrader revealed that Shah Rukh was meant to portray a gangster, whom an American police officer (played by Leonardo) confronts after being saved by him in India. Martin was set to produce the film, but Schrader revealed that Shah Rukh eventually lost interest midway through the process.