10 sports stars who became actors
Andrew "Freddie"
Flintoff may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think
of musical theatre - but that could be about to change.
The former cricketer is to make his stage debut this autumn in a musical version of the Fat Friends TV show.Flintoff's casting sees him follow in the footsteps of David Beckham, who was recently seen making a cameo appearance in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur film.
Here are 10 other former sports stars who have given the acting game a go, either in their free time or after hanging up their boots, gloves and swimming trunks.
The former striker is still known as "King Eric" amongst Manchester United fans thanks to the pivotal role he played in the club's 1990s revival.
Since retiring from football in 1997, though, Cantona has carved a new career for himself as an actor - thanks in no small part to a certain Ken Loach.
It was Loach who got Cantona to play himself in 2009's Looking for Eric, a comic fable that made much hay out of the Frenchman's quasi-mythical stature and his penchant for gnomic utterances.
Though he's mostly limited himself to French films since, he was more widely seen in 2014 western The Salvation as a burly Corsican enforcer.
POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:06/23/2017
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