Atlanta, GA 12/7/2010 11:20:33 PM
Russell Brand has signed up to play a womanising soccer star in a new movie.
The ‘Get Him to the Greek’ star will co-produce and star as a veteran
alcoholic British player who moves to Texas and causes havoc in the
untitled movie.
A source said: “He’s had the idea about how such a wayward soccer star
would go down in the States and he knows he’ll have fun playing a
character like this one.”
It is believed Russell will base his character on his boyhood hero
Frank McAvennie, who played for the actor’s beloved West Ham Football
Club in London and was known for his bad boy behaviour.
The source added to The Sun newspaper: “Russell loved watching
McAvennie from the terraces as a kid but was also interested in his
off-field behaviour.”
Russell’s womanising character in the movie will be sentenced to
community service and ordered to coach the local high school soccer
team but friends of the star believe he will have to brush up on his
sporting skills in order to make the film believable.
The source said: “Russell will have to improve his footie skills
though. He’s never hidden the fact he’s not the greatest person to have
ever played the game.”
