After selling out arenas across the world, going platinum with yet another album and adding to his growing collection of Grammy awards, Ed Sheeran now wants to take a break from music. The ‘Shape Of You’ hitmaker wants to star in and produce the soundtrack for a movie.
He told The Sun in an interview:
When asked about the music for the prospective film, Sheeran said:
The 26-year-old has a clear vision for his project. Sheeran confirmed that he is in talks with one filmmaker.
“I would want to cast all unknowns. I want to have low-budget, indie, British-made film,” he told The Sun. The idea is in keeping with the style of Sheeran’s latest directorial venture, which saw him cast students from his old high school for the video of his hit ‘Castle on the Hill’.
Sheeran is no stranger to being in front of the camera. He regularly stars in videos of his songs. For the videos of ‘Thinking out Loud’ and ‘Shape of You’, he learned how to ball-room dance and box, respectively.
It doesn’t end at music videos. In 2015, Sheeran appeared as an “ambitious and deadly protege of a church elder” in multiple episodes of medieval drama ‘The Bastard Executioner’ (The series was cancelled after one season).
In an interview with the Guardian , Sheeran got candid about dealing with fame.
Sheeran’s last musical offering – ‘ ÷ ’ – is already the year’s highest selling album. Given that this album is a result of a two-year hiatus from performing, it is easy to assume that Sheeran’s next sabbatical could yield similar results (or so we hope).