Posh to star in 'Alan Partridge' film?

Producers of the in-development Alan Partridge movie are trying to get Victoria Beckham to join the cast as the tactless presenter's assistant, the Daily Star reports.

An insider claimed that the movie had stalled while producers debated who should be cast as Patridge's long-suffering assistant. Posh allegedly impressed the filmmakers with her "rapier-like wit".

"The Partridge film has been in pre-production for an age. One reason was because they couldn’t agree on Lynn," the source said. "Felicity Montagu, who played Lynn in the series, doesn't want to go to Hollywood and the film's backers decided they wanted a big name to replace her.

"It was also important to them to have a Brit and someone with a sense of fun."

The source added: "Victoria is a big name but no one expected her to have such a rapier-like wit. She's game to frump up for the role, too. She was practising her hangdog grimace to David on Monday. It was cracking him up."

Alan Partridge - played by Steve Coogan - first appeared on the Radio 4 show On the Hour in 1991. The character later appeared on The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge.