British soccer player-turned-actor Vinnie Jones (Year One) wants to do a remake of the 1981 film Escape to Victory. He wants to recruit his friend David Beckham to play the lead role.
The original film was directed by John Huston and starred Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine. It tells the story of a soccer match between POWs and German soldiers during World War Two.
According to the British paper The Sun, Jones would direct this new version and take one of the lead roles. Beckham would play the role that Stallone originally had.
A source said: "The original soccer players’ acting skills were very wooden. This time many players have acting experience and the producers reckon they can really make it work.
"Vinnie’s already spoken to a few and some big names are keen to get involved. There’s even talk of Caine and Stallone getting cameo roles."
For now, David Beckham is recovering after seriously injuring an Achilles tendon a few weeks ago.
In 2003, Beckham appeared as himself in Bend It Like Beckham and in 2005’s Goal!. If this movie comes to pass, this will be the first time he actually acts in a film.