Well. Here’s something we never thought we’d been typing… David Beckham is going to be starring in a film about King Arthur and his smashing round table.
The retired soccer star has reportedly signed up for a part in his pal Guy Ritchie’s latest film – a Middle Ages epic called Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur, starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Eric Bana and Poppy Delevingne. And ol’ Golden Balls will be joining the cast, and donning armour. That’s hot.
A source said: "There's going to be a version of the scene where Excalibur gets drawn from the stone. This is where Beckham factors in."
The 40 year old – who played for England as well as the clubs Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy during his successful career as a footballer – is unofficially credited on film database imdb.com as playing "Blackleg leader" in the movie, which began filming this week.
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And according to the website, FilmDivider.com, "some football puns" were written into David's scene.
They added: "There's a little bit of a sense that Beckham's character, who fancies himself as a big player in this story, gets a little ticked off when this other fellow, this upstart, is the one who can free the sword."
David has previously worked with Guy in a short advert for H&M in 2013, and on a commercial for Becks’ Haig Whiskey.
The tattooed stud muffin – who has children Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 12, Cruz, 10, and three-year-old Harper with fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham – is also set to make a cameo in the Snatch director's new film,* The Man From U.N.C.L.E*, which is scheduled for release in August.