Cocker will play a cowboy in ‘quasiwestern’

Pop singer Jarvis Cocker has revealed he has landed a role in a major new feature film starring alongside Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson and Jeff Goldblum.

Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Pulp frontman revealed he had a cameo role as a cowboy in the “quasi-western” Asteroid City.

Bryan Cranston, Margot Robbie, Liev Schreiber and Steve Carrell will also be appearing in the film, which focuses on an astronomy convention taking place in a desert town in the 1950s.

Cocker previously recorded a companion album as a “musical extension" of Anderson’s film The French Dispatch. Anderson directed an animated video for the track Aline, a cover of the 1965 Christophe song.

Anderson’s previous films include The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs and Rushmore.

Cocker said: "Wes and I met when he was showing one of his films in London and he asked me to play some records at the party.

"He became friends when I was living in Paris for a while and he had just moved there.

"Myself and Richard Hawley have written a song for his new film Asteroid City, which is coming out next year.

"I’ve got a small cameo role in the film as a cowboy, so there you are, dreams do eventually come true.

"I’ve a lot of respect for the way he makes films. A lot of people say his films are really controlled and maybe think he is a cold person. Heisthecompleteopposite. Theexperienceofbeingthat film set was quite inspiring. There were quite well known Hollywood actors.”