A scene showing David Beckham as a male prostitute has been axed from a new Hollywood movie.

The double of the England skipper was to appear in comedy Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, reports the Sun.

But the scene was chopped from the final edit because Rob Schneider, who wrote and starred in the film, feared it was too homophobic.

He said: "It broke my heart to cut it - it was in a man-whore whorehouse".

"Saddam Hussein was there, Fidel Castro and David Beckham - I wish we had kept that scene, it was so funny."

He added: "Becks' lookalike is just like him but maybe a little skinnier - and a better actor!"

Source: Press Release