Williams rules out acting career

Pop hunk Robbie Williams has ruled out a potential acting career, despite enjoying his cameo role in Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely.

The former Take That star sings Porter's track It's De-Lovely in the Irwin Winkler musical drama and also voices the character of Dougal in the forthcoming Magic Roundabout remake.

However, Williams labels a career in acting "ridiculous" and has downplayed his role in the Hollywood film, saying: "Blink and you'll miss me.

"I have no interest in acting. I think it's a ridiculous job. I just get so self- conscious. I turn completely robotic."

And the Millennium hitmaker is amused by the British media's campaign to alert film-makers that Williams would be the ideal successor to Pierce Brosnan in the James Bond films.

Williams smirks: "Me from Stoke(-On-Trent, northern England), doing James Bond? I just don't see it happening.

"Me going, 'Eh up Miss Moneypenny, how ya goin' chuck?' I don't think so."