Stars play dress-up for Pepsi

Britney Spears gets ready for action in a new Gladiator-style ad for Pepsi.

Fellow pop princesses Beyoncé and Pink also star in the clash of the pop titans.

In the multi-million pound ad, Enrique Iglesias plays an evil emperor while the girls battle it out in outfits skimpier than anything Russell Crowe would have worn.

The ad, filmed in Rome, will hit screens early this year.

Britney said: “I’m such a huge fan of Pink and Beyonce. They’re amazing artists so to be in their company is very cool.”

And Pink said starring in the ad for the fizzy drinks giant was a giggle.

“I’ve never been in a commercial before so just than in itself was pretty exciting to me,” she said. “I always thought I would never take a can and sip it and go ‘aaah’ but I’m doing it now so it’s pretty funny.”

Beyoncé said she’d had “the time of my life” shooting the ad.

Pepsi’s last major TV campaign starred David Beckham and his Manchester United team-mates squaring up to Real Madrid in a spoof of the classic Western Gunfight at the OK Corral.