Erling Haaland to make film acting debut – as a Viking called Haaland

Viking energy … Erling Haaland after another successful game with Manchester City. Photograph: Roger Evans/Action Plus/Shutterstock

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is to make his feature acting debut, in an animated film as the voice of a Viking – called Haaland.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Norwegian international is to play “an animated version of himself” in Viqueens, directed and co-written by Harald Zwart, the Dutch-Norwegian director of The Karate Kid and Agent Cody Banks.