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Beckham NOT in The Pink Panther

By Garth Franklin Tuesday November 16th 2004 10:19PM

David Beckham has turned down a part in a Hollywood blockbuster to concentrate on his football he revealed to The Scotsman. The England captain rejected a chance to star alongside Steve Martin and Beyonce Knowles in the new "Pink Panther" film due to be released next summer. Beckham said: "I was offered a part in the new Pink Panther film. But I had a lot of games that were coming up, so I decided not to do it because of them. It was quite a good part, apparently." In the flm, Martin plays the Inspector Clouseau role made famous by Peter Sellers, trying to solve the murder of a football coach as well as recovering the stolen Pink Panther diamond. But Beckham has not ruled out a move into the movie business after his football career comes to an end, although he is determined to play on for as long as possible. The Real Madrid midfielder said his agents have already received offers of film roles, after agreeing for his name to be linked with the "Bend It Like Beckham" movie. "There was Bend It Like Beckham. Then there's a new movie called Goal that I'm involved in as it's to do with (his sponsors) Adidas. I've never said that I definitely want to go into movies. I've been offered a couple of things, but my football comes first. After that, we'll have to wait and see." said the 29-year-old spunk.

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