{"id":268218,"date":"2026-01-28T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268218\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:17:10","slug":"send-help-producer-zainab-azizi-im-a-huge-shah-rukh-khan-salman-khan-and-aishwarya-rai-fan-want-to-produce-film-with-preity-zinta-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268218\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Send Help&#8217; producer Zainab Azizi: &#8216;I&#8217;m a huge Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai fan; want to produce film with Preity Zinta&#8217; &#8211; EXCLUSIVE |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/send-help-zainab-azizi.jpg\" alt=\"'Send Help' producer Zainab Azizi: 'I'm a huge Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai fan; want to produce film with Preity Zinta' - EXCLUSIVE\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rachel-mcadams\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel McAdams<\/a> stranded on an island with Dylan O&#8217;Brien could serve as the plot for another epic romance, but in the hands of director <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sam-raimi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Raimi<\/a>, it becomes something far more sinister. That\u2019s the &#8216;delicious twist&#8217; that &#8216;Send Help&#8217; producer Zainab Azizi couldn\u2019t resist. In an exclusive chat with ETimes, Azizi opens up about casting \u201cAmerica\u2019s sweetheart\u201d in her darkest role yet and betting on this survival story powered by rage, horror and gore.While she was at it, she also got candid about growing up on a healthy dose of Hindi cinema. No stranger to the Desi flare, she also shared her admiration for Bollywood icons like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aishwarya-rai\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aishwarya Rai<\/a>, and her desire to produce a potential Hollywood\u2013Bollywood crossover with close friend Preity Zinta. Excerpts: &#8216;Send Help&#8217; sees Rachel McAdams, a classic rom-com actress, in a very different light. What made you want to pick her to lead this story? Zainab: So, first off, I am a huge fan of Rachel McAdams. She is, one of the best actresses in Hollywood, and when we were developing the character of Linda Liddle, we wanted someone who was America&#8217;s sweetheart, someone who was so sweet and endearing and kind and someone you would just fall in love with. And Rachel has all of those qualities. What was so exciting to cast her was that we&#8217;ve never seen her do a dark role like this before and that was just such a delicious idea to have her as Linda Little. And Sam and Rachel worked together before on &#8216;Doctor Strange&#8217;, so it was a wonderful reunion for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel McAdams stranded on an island with Dylan O&#8217;Brien could serve as the plot for another epic romance,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[22404,131774,93,61,60,270,10167,53081,4193,131772,1266,131773],"class_list":{"0":"post-268218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-aishwarya-rai","9":"tag-bollywood-hollywood-crossover","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-preity-zinta","15":"tag-rachel-mcadams","16":"tag-salman-khan","17":"tag-send-help-producer","18":"tag-shah-rukh-khan","19":"tag-zainab-azizi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}