Hurrah! Quality British thesp alert! Michael Sheen – last seen gracing the big screen in the likes of Kingdom Of Heaven and Underworld – has grabbed a role in Leo DiCaprio’s jewel smuggling drama The Blood Diamond.
The Warner Brothers film, directed by Ed Zwick, will see Sheen as a crafty diamond buyer who strikes a deal with Leo’s smuggler.
Sheen will next be seen reprising his spot-on Tony Blair impersonation in The Deal follow-up The Queen (which is being released as a film as opposed to the TV-based first drama) and is also playing David Frost on stage in London.