Just as Kylie gets set to star in the Christmas episode of 'Doctor Who', it seems a certain bloat-prone ex-boybander will trump her casting coup, as Robbie Williams is currently optimistic about playing Captain James T Kirk in the next Star Trek film.
As this instalment will presumably go by the legend 'Star Trek XI: The Search For Dignity', Williams is in advanced talks with the director JJ Abrams, creator of 'Lost'. Abrams said: "I think he'd be a good Captain Kirk. The Kirk in my movie is
quite young, it's like the early years."
I can't wait. The thought of Williams's generous frame ballooning
out of that flattering mustard coloured top is too inviting, not to
mention those smouldering, seductive glances to be flung at Spock. Hopefully
they can get Jonathan Wilkes to play the random security bloke in the red shirt
who gets killed in the first five minutes.
Of course, when the Enterprise is torpedoed by a Klingon vessel
Williams can gleefully throw himself about the set, screaming "Mr
Grimsdale!" in his best Norman Wisdom impersonation. Call the engravers,
the Academy Award for 'Most Embarrassing Performance' has found a home.