Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar, who ended his international career with 444 wickets, shared that if a biopic was ever to be made about him, he’d want Bollywood’s Salman Khan to play the lead role:
Shoaib Akhtar "If ever my biopic is made, I want Salman Khan to play the lead in it"
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) May 4, 2020
And as his statement made rounds on social media, people had a lot to say about it!
Perfect choice.
Akthar did so much overacting throughout his career.. no one can do better overacting than Salman 😂😂 https://t.co/HGabHDwcJF— Niraj Khatri (@NirajK07Cricket) May 4, 2020
Some thought he was being an embarrassment:
Shoaib Akhtar finding new ways to embarrass us every day https://t.co/qwksl4Lq1D
— kazmi. (@HaayeShabbir) May 4, 2020
Some agreed how only Salman could actually pull of the extra-ness of Shoaib:
This is honestly accurate, he would totally fit the role and the Xtraness!!! https://t.co/mosCxKhp6l
— . (@scatterbrrained) May 4, 2020
Oops!
Salman Khan’s older than Shoaib Akhtar.
I don’t think Shoaib understands how castings for a biopic work. https://t.co/DwWHEuhtYv
— AMS 🇵🇸 (@shawarmwah) May 4, 2020
Some thought it was a fitting match:
https://twitter.com/Wa7eedN/status/1257266008944975876?s=19
Some were of the opinion that he should have chosen someone from Pakistan:
https://twitter.com/pakistani1212/status/1257234752354029569?s=19
Some were already pitching in the idea to Salman Khan:
https://twitter.com/AhmadBaJwa2673/status/1257253573102092288?s=19
Some actually imagined what it would be like:
Salman Khan would be running in topless to bowl at 100MPH 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/T08dXjoc8g
— Lost in the Desert (@Junaid88_R) May 4, 2020
What can we say? Shoaib has his own ways:
That will be the first time in history where the actor playing the biographical figure is older than the biographical figure himself https://t.co/eE9hlewAbr
— Dance with model ₹40 (@micky864) May 4, 2020
Some couldn’t help but throw shade at Salman Khan:
Bat lekar maarna sikha do bas. Baaki tezi se kisi ko udaana toh bhai Ko pata hai. https://t.co/YVYHs7aFCP
— Digital Paneer (@doodeshwar) May 4, 2020
Umm, no thanks!
https://twitter.com/LSC_Aamir/status/1257257030487805953?s=19
People were calling both of them pros at over acting:
https://twitter.com/VeyRano/status/1257275533601247233?s=19
Some thought it was a dumb choice:
That's super dumb coming from Akhtar.
— Faisal Ashfaq (@faisal_qafhsa) May 4, 2020
Some were asking technical questions:
Just wondering, with his body built can Salman Khan even rotate his arm?
— MJ Imran (@mjimran) May 4, 2020
Some believed that Salman Khan is unfit for the role:
https://twitter.com/zeeshanali38/status/1257233239686742018?s=19
Some had suggestions of their own:
Farhan Akhtar will do it better and will resemble to @shoaib100mph more better than Salman
— Kenny John (fiderman) (@k3nnyj123) May 4, 2020
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