Jake Gyllenhaal is to play cycling legend Lance Armstrong in a movie about his life.
The seven-time Tour de France winner let the casting choice slip during a conversation with staff at US sports network ESPN.
Lance revealed Matthew McConaughey had been lined up for the role but the movie’s producers decided to go with the ‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor instead.
A source at the network explained to the New York Post newspaper: “Lance said that’s why he has been spending so much time with them both this summer.” Meanwhile, his former fiancée, Sheryl Crow, has revealed she still thinks about him every day.
The ‘If It Makes You Happy’ singer and the athlete split in February this year, but the singer admits she is still struggling to get over him.
She said: “When we broke up it was devastating.” Sheryl - who was diagnosed with breast cancer less than a month after the split - recently admitted she wished the 34-year-old sportsman was by her side while she fought the disease.
She revealed: “I would have loved for him to have swept in and carried me through it.” Lance survived his own battle with cancer after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996.
It’s not yet clear whether or not his relationship with the singer will feature in the biopic.
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