Budding movie stars could have the chance to take their first steps to fame with a part in a short film.

The Stopping Power, will star Nick Moran, of Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels fame and filming will begin in August. Entrants should visit www.acuvue.co.uk and they will need to demonstrate their own stopping power with a video or photograph by June 30. Forty successful applicants will be invited to an audition in London on July 14.

Updated: 10:19 Thursday, April 24, 2003