RUSHDIE MAKES ACTING DEBUT

Award-winning author SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE is making his acting debut, playing a fertility doctor in new romantic comedy THEN SHE FOUND ME.
Rushdie - who has played himself on screen numerous times, most notably in Bridget Jones's Diary - landed the role after asking to audition for Helen Hunt, who marks her directorial debut with the movie.
Hunt, who also takes the lead as a Jewish teacher desperate to have a child, reveals, "It was important to me that although the movie is in part about God, that it not simply be a Judeo-Christian god.
"I thought if the doctor was Indian it might imply different kinds of prayer. I saw a number of actors, then Salman asked to audition. He was the best, and I was thrilled to have him."