David Walliams has reportedly signed up to play Michael Barrymore in a TV drama about his life.
The comedian will depict Barrymore during the height of his career in the Sky project, according to The Sun.
A source said: "It's a four-part drama looking at Michael's glory years.
"It shows how he was a hugely popular family man and television icon who had a number of skeletons in the closet.
"David will be perfect to play him. He's great at improvising but can also portray fragility and the darkness at the heart of the story."
Walliams is apparently planning to improvise scenes involving Strike It Lucky and My Kind Of People - TV programmes that made Barrymore famous - for the series.
Sky Entertainment drama chief Anne Mensah is heading the show, which is due to begin filming later in the year.
Geoff Atkinson, who ghostwrote the autobiography of the late Cheryl Barrymore, Michael's ex-wife, is also involved.
