Editing Salman Rushdie (section)

===Film and television===
[[File:9.21.14WritersLifePanelByLuigiNovi18.jpg|thumb|Rushdie, right, with writers [[Catherine Lacey (author)|Catherine Lacey]] and [[Siri Hustvedt]] at the 2014 [[Brooklyn Book Festival]]]]Though he enjoys writing, Rushdie says he would have become an actor if his writing career had not been successful. From early childhood, he dreamed of appearing in Hollywood films (which he later realised in his frequent cameo appearances).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salman Rushdie |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750723/ |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=IMDb |archive-date=20 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120164504/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750723/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rushdie includes fictional television and movie characters in some of his writings. He had a [[cameo appearance]] in the film ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' based on the [[Bridget Jones's Diary (novel)|book of the same name]], which is itself full of literary in-jokes. On 12 May 2006, Rushdie was a guest host on ''[[The Charlie Rose Show]]'', where he interviewed [[Indo-Canadian]] filmmaker [[Deepa Mehta]], whose 2005 film ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'' faced violent protests. He appears in the role of [[Helen Hunt]]'s [[obstetrics and gynaecology|obstetrician-gynaecologist]] in the film adaptation (Hunt's directorial debut) of [[Elinor Lipman]]'s novel ''[[Then She Found Me]]''. In September 2008, and again in March 2009, he appeared as a panellist on the HBO programme ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''. Rushdie has said that he was approached for a cameo in ''[[Talladega Nights]]'': "They had this idea, just one shot in which three very, very unlikely people were seen as [[NASCAR]] drivers. And I think they approached [[Julian Schnabel]], [[Lou Reed]], and me. We were all supposed to be wearing the uniforms and the helmet, walking in slow motion with the heat haze." In the end, their schedules did not allow for it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Salman Rushdie: 'The curse of an interesting life'|date=27 March 2013 |url=http://the-talks.com/interviews/salman-rushdie/|publisher=The Talks|access-date=5 April 2013|archive-date=1 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401055210/http://the-talks.com/interviews/salman-rushdie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Rushdie signed a petition in support of film director [[Roman Polanski]], calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his [[Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|1977 charge]] for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/ |title=Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski! |trans-title=Sign the petition for Roman Polanski! |date=10 November 2009 |website=La Règle du jeu |language=fr |access-date=29 August 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210829153459/https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/ |archive-date=29 August 2021 }}</ref>

Rushdie collaborated on the screenplay for the cinematic adaptation of his novel ''Midnight's Children'' with director [[Deepa Mehta]]. The film was also called ''[[Midnight's Children (film)|Midnight's Children]]''.<ref name=visits>{{cite news |url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/International/Rushdie-visits-Mumbai-for-Midnights-Children-film-/articleshow/5432895.cms |title=Rushdie visits Mumbai for 'Midnight's Children' film |work=The Times of India |date=11 January 2010 |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114151659/http://movies.indiatimes.com/International/Rushdie-visits-Mumbai-for-Midnights-Children-film-/articleshow/5432895.cms |archive-date=14 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Subhash K.|last=Jha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-a-film-buff-Rushdie/articleshow/5436509.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811030544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-13/news-interviews/28121143_1_deepa-mehta-bt-midnight-s-children |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=I'm a film buff: Rushdie |date=13 January 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref> [[Seema Biswas]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Nandita Das]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Dreaming-of-Midnight-s-Children/563437/ |title=Dreaming of Midnight's Children |work=The Indian Express |date=5 January 2010 |access-date=13 March 2010 |archive-date=8 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508024643/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Dreaming-of-Midnight-s-Children/563437/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Irrfan Khan]] participated in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Irrfan-moves-from-Mira-Nair-to-Deepa-Mehta/H1-Article1-499416.aspx |title=Irrfan moves from Mira Nair to Deepa Mehta |work=Hindustan Times |date=20 January 2010 |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304213538/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Irrfan-moves-from-Mira-Nair-to-Deepa-Mehta/H1-Article1-499416.aspx |archive-date=4 March 2010 }}</ref> Production began in September 2010;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/interviewscinema/T-te-t-te-with-Deepa-Mehta/493632/H1-Article1-493584.aspx |title=Tête-à-tête with Deepa Mehta |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 January 2010 |access-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312235349/http://www.hindustantimes.com/interviewscinema/T-te-t-te-with-Deepa-Mehta/493632/H1-Article1-493584.aspx |archive-date=12 March 2010 }}</ref> the film was released in 2012.

Rushdie announced in June 2011 that he had written the first draft of a script for a new television series for the US cable network [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]], a project on which he will also serve as an executive producer. The new series, to be called ''The Next People'', will be, according to Rushdie, "a sort of paranoid science-fiction series, people disappearing and being replaced by other people." The idea of a television series was suggested by his US agents, said Rushdie, who felt that television would allow him more creative control than feature film. ''The Next People'' is being made by the British film production company [[Working Title]], the firm behind projects including ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' and ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Salman Rushdie says TV drama series have taken the place of novels|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/12/salman-rushdie-write-tv-drama|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 June 2011|access-date=11 June 2011|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|location=London|archive-date=26 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226104900/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/12/salman-rushdie-write-tv-drama|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Rushdie appeared as himself in episode 3 of season 9 of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/curb-your-enthusiasm/season-9|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm – Season 9|website=HBO|access-date=26 December 2017|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235450/https://www.hbo.com/curb-your-enthusiasm/season-9|url-status=live}}</ref> sharing scenes with [[Larry David]] to offer advice on how Larry should deal with the ''fatwa'' that has been ordered against him.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-salman-rushdie-inspiring-larry-davids-fatwa-1045630/ | title=Salman Rushdie on Inspiring the New Season of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=4 October 2017 | access-date=12 August 2022 | archive-date=26 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126180611/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-salman-rushdie-inspiring-larry-davids-fatwa-1045630/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-larry-davids-fatwa-salman-rushdies-cameo-1049316/ | title=How 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Kept Salman Rushdie's Fatwa Cameo a Secret | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=17 October 2017 | access-date=12 August 2022 | archive-date=26 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126104733/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-larry-davids-fatwa-salman-rushdies-cameo-1049316/ | url-status=live }}</ref>