Michael Sheen films cameo in Terrence Malick drama

Michael Sheen has filmed a cameo in Terrence Malick's forthcoming untitled drama.

The Midnight in Paris actor was visiting girlfriend Rachel McAdams on the set of the Tree of Life director's new project and was asked to step into the role of Ben Affleck's on-screen boss while there.

"My girlfriend was in a film that Terrence Malick did so I went to visit her on set," Sheen recalled in an interview with BBC 5 Live's Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode.

"Apparently, if you're an actor and you turn up on a Terrence Malick set, he asks you to be in his film. So I got to be Ben Affleck's boss for the day."

Jessica Chastain, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz are also tied to the film.

Sheen and McAdams confirmed their romance in May, admitting that the relationship "wasn't planned".

Sheen has said that he chooses projects based on films that he would see himself.