50 Cent in Brit gangster flick

Rapper 50 Cent has signed up to play a loan shark opposite Brenda Blethyn in a hard-hitting new British gangster movie.

The hitmaker, real name Curtis Jackson, is currently shooting scenes in London for 'Dead Man Running', a film about an ex-convict, who is given 24 hours to raise $150,000 (€120,000) to pay off Jackson's loan shark.

The film is being backed by soccer stars Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole, who are among the project's executive producers.