From the close friendship that forms the foursome, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, David and Victoria Beckham, nothing else than this could have resulted. The actor is involved in making a movie about the glamorous soccer player and his girlfriend and mother of his child will play Victoria's part.

It seems that Tom Cruise pitched the idea to the Paramount Pictures executives right before he was sent for a walk (no, not in the park!) and that they simply loved it. An insider from the movie studio has all the details of how the idea materialized.

'Tom has a brilliant grasp of what the public wants to see and thought David's story was wonderful. A football star emerges from humble origins, there's drama within the matches and romance in his love affair with Victoria at the height of her pop-star fame. At the time Tom was seeing quite a lot of David and Victoria. The quartet are very close friends and the Beckhams would only be happy about their story being used if Tom and Katie were involved'.

So, the young actress got herself a job. Now, the only thing remaining is to see whether Cruise will agree to let Katie give up her maternal preoccupations and return to work. He, on the other side, will take part in the project from behind the camera.

The same source said: 'Katie is perfect to play the young Posh and is working on her accent. Tom wouldn't play David however, the physical differences are too marked.' The actors that might step into the football star's shoes for a short while are, until now, either Paul Bettany or Jason Statham.