Norwegian soccer superstar Erling Haaland is making his film debut, playing (natch) a Viking in Viqueens , the upcoming animated film from fellow Norwegian Harald Zwart ( The Karate Kid , Agent Cody Banks ), The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Haaland will voice an animated version of himself, a Viking called Haaland, in the film, described as an animated adventure-comedy set in a “world of fearless warrior girls, icy fjords, and Silk Road mythology.”

For Haaland fans that casting could hardly be more apt. 6’5” and statuesque, with a muscular psysique, tremendous attacking speed and shoulder-length block locks, the Norwegian striker has long been compared to a Viking warrior. Just 25, Haaland is already a legend of the sport.…