According to actor Shah Rukh Khan, he wants to perform as a "older, extremely intense and quiet guy" with a grey beard and matching hair in a movie like Leon: The Professional. Shah Rukh recently discussed his new film Pathaan in an interview, claiming that it is the action movie he "came here to do 32 years ago." And that he wants to "pull it off" aged 57. He also joked that he is "Spider-Man in the afternoon, Batman at night, and Superman in the morning."
Luc Besson wrote and directed the French action film Leon: The Professional in 1994. Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, and Jean Reno all appear in it. The protagonist of the story is professional hitman Leon, who reluctantly adopts Mathilda Lando, 12, after her family is killed.
Talking about his bucket list, Shah Rukh Khan said, “I want to do everything. I want to do good guys, bad guys, mean guys, happy guys, loving guys, fighting guys. This year has been very interesting because I have done Pathaan, which is the action film I came here to do 32 years ago. So, hopefully, at 57 I still look like I’ll carry it off. I have done a film, which I always wanted to try the south Indian genre. It’s a different set of doing. It’s called Jawan. And then I always wanted to work with Rajkumar Hirani. You know we have been trying to work since 3 Idiots & Munna Bhai MBBS. So, finally, that’s happening.”
He also said, “After this, I want to do a film like Leon: The Professional. Not Leon but a film like where I am older, quiet guy, very intense with a grey beard & grey hair. I don’t know. I am very playful about it. I don’t take the characters and roles that I do. I just want to tell a story, somebody has the desire to tell. And I want to tell it to the best of my capabilities. So, if a director has a story and says this is what we love, I will say, I also love it. Now let me try and make it the best that I can for you. So, I enjoy it. I am Batman at night, Superman in the morning & Spider-Man in the afternoon. So, I just want to play all kinds of characters.”
Shah Rukh and Deepika Padukone co-star in Siddharth Anand's action-thriller Pathaan. The film also stars John Abraham. The movie will premiere on January 25, 2023. Shah Rukh will also appear in Atlee's forthcoming action movie Jawan. He will also star director Rajkumar Hirani's upcoming film Dunki.
