Steve Coogan agrees to cameo in low-budget schoolboy film

Steve Coogan has agreed to make a cameo in an A-Level student's low-budget film, it has emerged.

Liam Hooper, 17, wrote to the I'm Alan Partridge comic actor asking him to appear in the £1,000 film, and was shocked to get a response, reports The Daily Telegraph.

Hooper explained: "I have always been a Coogan fan, and I thought he might like my tongue-in-cheek script. But I never thought he'd agree to take part. I contacted his PA and was amazed when he got in touch.

"His involvement brings a real wow factor to the movie and it has been an incredible opportunity to work with one of my idols."

Teasing the movie's premise, the schoolboy added: "Until the premiere, I don't want to say too much. All I can say is he appears at a pivotal moment in the plot. It is a very suspenseful scene.

"The film is about a group of pupils who look after a haunted house for a £50,000 reward, but start disappearing one by one. There are some scary moments, and a very high body count, but mostly it's meant to be funny."

Watch Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge below: