'Bathing oils are very expensive': Shah Rukh Khan reveals why he needs money at this stage of career

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Shah Rukh Khan addressed a range of questions about his enthralling time in the film industry and when the intrigued Richard Quest doubted the actor was working for money, ‘King Khan’ was quick to dismiss his skepticism and said "Bathing oils are very expensive," drawing huge laughter from the audience. While being candid about the offers from foreign film industries, Shah Rukh Khan said a lot of people don't believe him when he says that he doesn't get any offers from Hollywood or other Western film industries. "I’ve said this honestly, but nobody believes me.

Nobody has offered me any crossover work of substance. I may have had conversations with people. I know lots of lovely people from the West, from the English film industry, from the American film industry, but nobody has offered me any work.

I hear actors talk about wanting to cross over, but I still have to learn to deliver to the audience that likes me, instead of spreading myself too thin. So, I’ve never been offered a film in Hollywood or England," news platform WION quoted Shah Rukh Khan as saying. Shah Rukh Khan mentioned the Slumdog Millionaire offer and also revealed the reason why he turned down the film, which later won an Oscar.

"Yes, Slumdog was there, and I spent a lot of time with Mr Boyle. He was very sweet. But I was doing Who Wants to be a Millionaire on television, but I just felt that in the story being told, the guy who was hosting was very mean," he said.

“I felt I was cheating and being dishonest. I explained to Mr Boyle that I wouldn’t like to do it, please, and there are way better actors than me. Mr Anil Kapoor did it, and he was fantastic as the host," he added.