Editing David Beckham (section)

==Appearances in films==
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote="We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that."|source=—[[Hugh Grant]]'s character in the 2003 film ''[[Love Actually]]''.<ref name="Quote">{{cite news |title=David Beckham in 40 quotes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/babb/11573971/David-Beckham-in-40-quotes.html |work=The Telegraph|date=6 September 2018}}</ref>}} Beckham never personally appeared in the 2002 film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', except in archive footage. He and his wife wanted to make cameo appearances, but scheduling proved difficult, so the director used lookalike [[Andy Harmer]] instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1363107.posh_and_becks_lookalikes_try_their_luck_in_la/|title=Posh and Becks look-alikes try their luck in LA|first=Rachel|last=Fitch|work=The Argus|date=30 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/03/worldcupfootball2002.deniscampbell |title=There's only two David Beckhams|first=Denis|last=Campbell|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 March 2002}}</ref> Beckham makes a cameo appearance with [[Zinedine Zidane]] and [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]], in the 2005 film ''[[Goal! (film)|Goal!]]''. Harmer doubled for him in the party scene.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andy Harmer ~ BeckhamLookalike.com|url=http://www.beckhamlookalike.com/clients.htm|work=BeckhamLookalike.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501102202/http://www.beckhamlookalike.com/clients.htm|archive-date=1 May 2007}}</ref> Beckham himself appears in the sequel, ''[[Goal II: Living the Dream]]'', in a larger role, when the film's lead character gets transferred to Real Madrid.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473360/ |title=Goal! 2: Living the Dream&nbsp;... |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> The story centres on the Real Madrid team, with other Madrid players also appearing on and off the pitch, alongside the fictional characters. Through the use of stock footage from the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Beckham appeared in ''[[Goal III: Taking on the World]]'', released [[Direct-to-video|straight to DVD]] on 15 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065743/ |title=David Beckham |website=IMDb |access-date=13 November 2008}}</ref>

In 2013, British magazine ''[[Marketing Week]]'' wrote of his "somewhat limited acting skills".<ref name="Acting"/> Through his friendship with [[Guy Ritchie]], he has made two film cameo appearances: as a projectionist in ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (film)|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Guy Ritchie Backs David Beckham As An Actor|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/07/guy-ritchie-backs-david-beckham-as-actor_n_7957734.html|work=HuffPost|date=24 May 2016}}</ref> and as Trigger in ''[[King Arthur: Legend of the Sword]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/david-beckham-king-arthur-charlie-hunnan_uk_5911bd1ae4b0d5d9049fe64b|title=David Beckham's Film Career Takes Another Step With First Clip Of Him In 'King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword'|work=HuffPost|date=9 May 2017}}</ref> Artist [[Sam Taylor-Johnson]] [[David (2004 film)|recorded Beckham sleeping]] in a hotel room in [[Madrid]] in January 2004 following a morning's training session with Real Madrid.<ref name=GuardApr04>{{cite news|last1=Higgins|first1=Charlotte|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/apr/27/arts.artsnews|title=Video portrait captures Beckham asleep|date=27 April 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref> The film was commissioned by the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] in London.<ref name=GuardApr04/>