And now for something completely different ..

IF the Richard III or James Bond gigs don't end up working out for Tom, he may at least have a small role to play in the new Star Wars films.

It seems that the author of the latest Star Wars spinoff book, Claudia Gray, mentally cast Tom as the central character opposite Princess Leia in her (so far very well received) book. Coincidentally, both Tom and Carrie tuned up at the White House Press Dinner soo ... probably means bugger all.