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Here's Neymar starring alongside Samuel L Jackson in the new XXX movie

Here's Neymar starring alongside Samuel L Jackson in the new XXX movie
Here's Neymar starring alongside Samuel L Jackson in the new XXX movie Here's Neymar starring alongside Samuel L Jackson in the new XXX movie

It’s time to add Neymar to a list of footballing movie stars that already includes Vinnie Jones, Eric Cantona and Frank Leboeuf.

The Barcelona star has a small part in the latest xXx movie – the Return of Xander Cage – and he gets the honour of acting alongside none other than Samuel L Jackson.

Naturally, his scene involves disarming a bad guy the only way he knows how.

In the clip, Neymar says: “I’m not a hero. I’m a footballer.”

And by hero, we think he means actor.

Naturally, the internet has opinions on the whole enterprise – and naturally they are generally not very positive.

And that may be true, but he’s starred in a movie with Samuel L Jackson now, so we can’t imagine he cares what we think.