Hey, remember when Katie Holmes was an actress and not completely brainwashed by Tom Cruise? Yeah, I can’t think that far back, either. The new mom is taking a bold leap backwards and returning to the big screen, after a lengthy hiatus ripe with domestic duties. She is rumored to be playing Victoria Beckham in an upcoming soccer biopic flick.

According to Hollywood.com, Holmes and Cruise are very chummy with British power couple David and Victoria Beckham, so naturally they have their consent in the project. Not to worry: Cruise won’t be playing the role of David, due to their “marked physical differences.” That’s one way of putting it.

An insider reports, "Tom has a brilliant grasp of what the public want to see and thought David's story was wonderful…A football star emerges from humble origins, there's drama within the matches and romance in his love affair with Victoria at the height of her pop-star fame."

If you really think about it, how weird would it be to play one of your friends in a movie? You’d have to study their mannerisms, duplicate their laugh, even mimic the way they chew their food. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery on some occasions, but on this one, it seems to border on creepy. Then again, with the people involved, I wouldn’t expect anything less.