The makers of the movie are believed to have held talks with the Manchester rocker, who has never acted before, in Edinburgh yesterday before the band's sell-out gig in the Scottish capital.
Trainspotting star Robert Carlyle has reportedly already been cast as the lead role in the film about the life of convicted Glasgow gun-runner Paul Ferris.
But if Liam, 32, wants a part, he might have to put aside his staunch allegiance to Manchester City and, instead, wear a shirt of their bitter soccer rivals Manchester United.
The Oasis frontman, from Burnage, would play real-life Mr Big and United fan Paul Massey, from Salford.
The gangland boss and long-standing ally of Ferris is serving a 14-year sentence at Frankland Prison, Co Durham, for a stabbing in 1999.
Liam and his brother Noel, who also support Celtic, watched the Glasgow side play Hearts at Tynecastle in Edinburgh before their concert.
Between the two events, the brothers are said to have met Ferris and members of the production team of the '14m film, which has the working title of The Apprentice.
Executive producer Paul Kerr, brother of Simple Minds frontman Jim, yesterday declined to comment at his home.
But Ferris's biographer Reg McKay revealed: "I've just spoken to Ferris and, yes, Liam Gallagher has expressed interest in this part.
"Dare I say it? He's mad for it.
"Paul Massey is a big fan of Liam and thinks he will be brilliant in the part as he has the menace and the presence and, even better, he's also a Manchester boy.
"Thing is, Massey is a mad Manchester United fan.
"So it's going to test Liam's acting abilities to the utmost to see if he can bear wearing the jersey of his beloved City's most bitter rivals."
Last week, Ferris and representatives from Box Office Films were at the Cannes festival looking for cash for the film.
Massey, 44, built a fortune from protection rackets and his assets included hundreds of properties across Europe.
He lived in a semi-detached house in Salford and was chauffeured round council estates, sipping champagne in the back seat of his Rolls-Royce.
Ferris started out with notorious Glasgow gangland godfather Arthur Thompson Snr in the late 1970s, but they parted company in the 1980s.
In 1998, he was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey for trafficking guns and explosives.
London-based firm BMG, owned by Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell, is one of the backers of the new film.
BMG is reported to have paid Ferris a six-figure sum to bring his book, The Ferris Conspiracy, to the big screen.
Can Liam make it in the movies? Have your say.
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YEEESSS! course he's rite for it, he's like one of the coolest guys to ever hit manchester,
fink it'd b mint, i'd be str8 out to see it, and honestly i aint been to the cinema since Shaun of The Dead, so thatd b an accomplishment...
Cal
I think this scruffy individual wants to get in the real world. There's a lot more to being a gangster than the ability to get drunk, stick two fingers up & swear at press photographers. Just because he & his family played their part into turning the once lovely peaceful Burnage area into a breeding ground for lowlife does not qualify you as a gangster.
i should think some one like paul ferris would be highly offended in offering such a sad option
sounds good to me
wen is the movie coming to screens
Liam is what will make this film big. Imagine all the Oasis album sales plus the figure of those who just want to see the film.
BUT Liam should only do it if he can act. Us Oasis fans don't wanna see him make an idiot out of himself for money.
- GoingNowhere
liam playing a gangster GET REAL ive seen harder jelly.Paul ferris would be potrayed as a total wimp if Liam attempted to play this role.Stick with Robert Carlyle as reported to play the main role .And as for Liam stick to impressing young chaves and spitting at cameras ''ITS ABOUT AS HARD AS IT GETS FOR HIM''
This will be epic. Love him or hate him, he's gonna Shiiine. Not much of a stretch, either. That will help his cause in his first attempt at acting.
Like Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk, the transition from creating in the musical form to the acting form should be easy. Most tortured creatives can access those raw emotions critical to that process very easily.
Liam also has the ability to release into the process without holding back. That's what the director will love.
I'm going to see the Gallagher brothers tonight. I'll make sure I wear my Liverpool jersey to get the attitude flowing.
Liam sodded off down south at 24, what does he know about the manc streets for the last 10 years? Let's get Kate moss to play his long suffering girlfriend while were at it.