OASIS bad boy Liam Gallagher is émad foré a part as a villain in a new gangster film.

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 bandés 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.

Interest

Between the two events, the brothers are said to have met Ferris and members of the production team of the é14m 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 Ferrisés biographer Reg McKay revealed: éIéve just spoken to Ferris and, yes, Liam Gallagher has expressed interest in this part.

éDare I say it? Heés mad for it.

éPaul 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, heés also a Manchester boy.

Manchester United fan

éThing is, Massey is a mad Manchester United fan.

éSo ités going to test Liamés acting abilities to the utmost to see if he can bear wearing the jersey of his beloved Cityés most bitter rivals.é

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. Tweet