He has been cast in the role of Commando Riley, a specially-trained sniper.

Based on a true story, Age of Heroes - the first of a trilogy - follows James Bond author Ian Fleming's time with elite special forces unit 30 Commando.

Speaking of his casting,  "I'm ecstatic about the role and excited to be working alongside established actors and a great director in Adrian Vitoria.

"Having already spent the week training with the Royal Marines, it's most important for me to make the real-life commandos proud. They're an amazing bunch of people and the film's top priority is to make the troops proud."

He added: "I have a few other projects on the horizon, so I'm looking forward to the great year ahead."

Filming is due to take place in Norway over a four-week period starting on April 6th and release is slated for 1st October according to IMDB.