Kevin Federline is to make his film debut with a part in a Shakesperean hip hop movie.

The star, and boyfriend to Britney Spears, has landed a role in Caught On Tape. The film, written and directed by Sticky Fingaz, will also star Bokeem Woodbine (Ray), Cedric the Entertainer and Vivica A Fox.

The film will mix rap dialogue with traditional script as it follows the story of a boy who secretly videos his mother's partner plotting a crime.

Sticky Fingaz told The Sun he was confident in Federline's talents. "Right now I'm creating the future of movies and music," he said. "I've just written, produced and directed two movies coming out with Lionsgate next year and basically the movies are all in rap.

"Caught On Tape is a hardcore musical, lot of violence, lot of sex, lot of action, lot of drama, lot of sentiment and romance as well," he continued. "Kev Fed is going to be in it, it's his acting debut. He's really cool, he's dope. Just keep the paparazzi away from him and he'll be ok.

"They almost ran me off the road trying to take pictures of Kev. I'm like, 'dude, hey, I'm the talent, he's just married to somebody.'"