Hollywood chiefs set for Tiger Woods The Movie

THE Tiger Woods scandal is set to be turned into a TV movie with Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr lined up to play the bed-hopping golfer.

The Tiger Woods scandal is set to be turned into a TV movie with Cuba Gooding Jr to play the golfer The Tiger Woods scandal is set to be turned into a TV movie with Cuba Gooding Jr to play the golfer

The Jerry Maguire star, 41, is reportedly being eyed for the high-profile role by several Hollywood producers, who are vying to be the first to get a film about the sensational revelations into production in the new year.

In November the world was perplexed when Tiger, 34, bizarrely crashed his car into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his Florida mansion, sparking speculation that he had been attacked by his Swedish wife, 31-year-old former swimwear model Elin ­Nordegren. ­

Next came sordid allegations that the No 1 golfer has had affairs with 14 women.

After releasing a statement admitting “infidelity” earlier this month, the billionaire sportsman could face an expensive divorce which could see Elin - his wife of five years - walk away with more than £169million.

As soon as the Tiger story made worldwide headlines the battle has been on to dramatise the scandal for the screen.

One leading Hollywood producer says: “It makes a great movie because people love the drama of seeing someone really ­successful fall from the top and then ­scramble to pick up the pieces of their life

“It proves that even the world’s greatest athlete is human just like the rest of us but the movie needs to be made before the public loses interest in Tiger so the race is now on.”

Since the various women have come forward with accusations about Tiger, who last year earned an estimated £69million from winnings and endorsements, the golfer has found he now faces a probe by the US taxman over reports of cash payments to his mistresses.

He could also be investigated over his alleged links to high-class call girls and money paid for sex.

In his statement Woods said he was taking “an indefinite break from professional golf”.

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