It may still be a few weeks before the start of the new football season but already the stars of the world’s favourite game are putting the finishing touches to all the little projects they’ve been busy with over the vacation. In the case of Barcelona star Ronaldinho, it means filming the last scenes of this year’s remake of the Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining.

With Ronaldinho taking the Shelley Duvall role, the film is perhaps more notable for its supporting cast rather than its lead. Lost amongst the new of Ronaldinho’s involvement is the casting of the Jack Nicholson role. King of the remakes, Renny Harlin, makes ample use of the talents of Dabney Coleman, father of Gary and brother of David. Coleman’s most notable role in a long TV and movie career has been that of the misogynistic boss in 1980’s best film, the Dolly Parton cult classic, Nine to Five.

Speaking to The Spine from the set and through his interpreter, Ronaldinho admitted to his having found the acting difficult. ‘The director is always screaming at me,’ he explained. ‘It made me a nervous wreck but they tell me that’s how I’m meant to act. Of course, I’ve tried to put a few of my signature moves in there… a few flicks and stepovers… but they don’t seem to appreciate it in the context of a modern Gothic horror movie. To be honest, I wonder why they wanted me for the part and I’m beginning to wish I hadn’t agreed to do it.’ When pressed, Ronaldinho confessed that ‘ I needed the money. And it was either this or signing for Chelsea and I just couldn’t stand the thought of that English weather.’

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