Simon Cowell to produce 'Billy Elliot' style musical on life of Opera singer Paul Potts
Simon Cowell is set to produce a film about the life of one of his proteges.
The film will be based on the overnight success of Opera tenor Paul Potts.
Potts, who used to sell mobile phones, shot to fame after wowing audiences on Cowell's show, Britain's Got Talent, in 2007.
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Simon Cowell (left) is set to produce a film based on the overnight success of opera singer Paul Potts (right)
Potts went on to win the first prize of singing in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance.
The singing sensation has gone on to sell 3million copies of his debut album "One chance" and is set to headline 65 concert dates in 13 countries.
Cowell told Daily Variety: "That particular day was one of the worst, the acts were just terrible, we were fed up and on comes this guy with a funny little suit and bad teeth who looked very nervous.
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Rags to riches: The singing sensation poses with Cowell and Gordon Brown in December 2007
"I can remember looking at the other judges, with that 'here we go again' feeling. We had 2,000 people in the audience, and I'll never forget how much the room changed when he began singing."
Cowell's UK based production company, SyCo, will team up with Hollywood to develop the film, who endorsed the project after watching a YouTube clip of the singer.
"Most of these calls result in absolutely nothing, but this company got that it's another 'Billy Elliot,' a story anyone in the world can understand,"
"This was his last chance, and he literally decided to enter based on the toss of a coin. And despite his success off the back of the show, the only difference I see in him is that he got his teeth fixed."
