Beckham, the new prince!
The former Real Madrid player, and next star of the MSL team Los Angeles Galaxy, has been photographed last month while he was impersonating a Disney character to promote a new theme park. Of course, he was posing as a Prince, riding a white horse against a fire-breathing dragon.
“There were many Disney characters I liked as a kid,” Beckham said in a statement released Friday by Disney. “Now my sons love the Disney characters and it’s a big part of their lives, a big part of many children’s lives around the world. So to be part of that is an honor and very exciting.”
The photo, shot at a lake near Madrid, Spain, by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, will appear in magazines such as Vanity Fair and Vogue in March.
Leibovitz wanted people who were “globally iconic,” and Beckham was “an instinctive choice,” Disney spokesman Duncan Wardle said from Orlando, Fla.
The celebrities helped decide which characters they would portray, and Beckham liked the idea of “a hero role,” Wardle said.
“Each of the celebrities had fun dressing up,” he said. “Disney allows you to become a child again. … These guys had permission for the day and I think they thoroughly enjoyed it.”
