Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic will leap from the playing field to the big screen in the next movie “Asterix and Obelix: the middle empire”.

Iran PressEurope: The forward of the AC Milan will play the roman character Caius Antivirus. The announcement was made by the player, who did not provide further details.

The filming of the movie scheduled to take place in China in 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which presented a good opportunity for Ibra.

The film will have a budget of about 60 million euros and will become one of the largest French productions this year.

Zlatan won’t be the first footballer to star in Asterix and Obelix movies. Previously, so did Zinedine Zidane in “Asterix at the Olympic Games” (2008).

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