We want more, but Disney tells Adele she must audition for role in Oliver!

SHE’S already got an Oscar under her belt, for her stirring vocals on the title track for the James Bond film Skyfall. But music superstar Adele, 30, is yet to lend her singing, as well as her acting skills to the silver screen.

That could be about to change, as Disney is allegedly eyeing her up for the role of Nancy in their movie version of the stage musical Oliver! based on Charles Dickens’s classic Oliver Twist.

Yet, because Adele isn’t known as an actress, she will have to audition for the role like everyone else.

As reported by The Sun, Adele, pictured, ‘will not be seen to be given preferential treatment’.

A source said: ‘Bosses are still really keen to get Adele on board. They know she has a world-class voice but want to see if she can sustain that while also acting and dancing.

‘It’s going to be a huge production and they need to cast the right people with enough stamina.

‘There’s been a few bumps in the road on the project but everybody is quietly hopeful that once they get Adele in front of the panel they can move forward.’

Rumour has it that Eddie Redmayne – another Oscar winner – is in the running for the iconic role of Fagin, Oliver’s crooked mentor.

The production has been in the works since 2015, and has director Toby Haynes at the helm.

It’s thought to take on a similar style to 2012’s Les Misérables, which was noted for having its actors – Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway among them – singing their lyrics live, rather than dubbing them in later in the editing process.

This might prove an extra challenge for the likes of Adele, who is at home in a recording studio or singing on stage, but not used to acting, singing and being filmed.

Redmayne was in fact in Universal’s version of Les Misérables as Marius Pontmercy, and is an actor by trade, first and foremost.

This would be Adele’s first bash at acting, however.

The 1968 film version starred Ron Moody as Fagin, Shani Wallis as Nancy and Oliver Reed as Nancy’s bully-boy boyfriend Bill Sikes.

It was nominated for 11 Oscars and won six.

Two of the non-musical movie versions include the classic 1948 David Lean film starring Alec Guinness as Fagin, and the much more recent Oliver Twist from 2005.