Rapper Snoop Dogg is urging soccer star pal David Beckham to move into Hollywood - so he can finance the production of his new movie idea.

The Gin And Juice hitmaker has forged a close friendship with Beckham since meeting in 2005, and Snoop Dogg admits he is trying to convince the English sportsman to part with his millions to bring his film project to the big screen.

He says, "I want him to put up the money for a movie we want to do. We like the same type of movie. He said, 'I don't want to act,' and I replied, 'You don't have to act, why don't you just finance it?'"