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Captain Tom Moore signs up for biopic and wants Michael Caine to star

Jeremy Selwyn
Jeremy Selwyn

Captain Sir Tom Moore is getting the big-screen treatment following a fierce bidding war.

The life story of the centenarian, who raised more than £32 million for the NHS by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden, will be shot next year.

The Second World War veteran quipped: “I don’t know of any 100-year-old actors but I’m sure Michael Caine or Anthony Hopkins could do a wonderful job if they were prepared to age up!”

The “uplifting” and “life-affirming” biopic will focus on the former British Army captain’s “close relationship with his family and explore how his strength, wisdom and humour changed the way they viewed the world”.

Captain Sir Tom recently published his autobiography (Joe Giddens/PA)
Captain Sir Tom recently published his autobiography (Joe Giddens/PA)

The movie will “draw on his military career and dramatise how personal grief and the horrors of war shaped his life and inspired him to keep walking”.

The fundraising hero made headlines by walking laps of his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday, amid the pandemic, to raise funds from the NHS.

He also broke two Guinness World Records, scored a Number One single and was knighted by the Queen.

The film will be made by Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures, whose credits together include Fisherman’s Friends, about the Cornish fishermen who signed a record deal, and Finding Your Feet, starring Imelda Staunton.

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Captain Sir Tom was made an honourary Colonel earlier this year (PA)