Ed Sheeran has revealed the news that a "very intense two months" were spent filming Danny Boyle's upcoming film playing, well... himself.

The currently untitled movie, written by Love Actually's Richard Curtis will hit cinemas in September next year, featuring Himesh Patel as a singer-songwriter who wakes up one day to discover he is the only person on the planet who remembers the Beatles. Sheeran, playing Sheeran, discovers Patel's character and decides to take him on tour.

Sheeran explained: "They shot it around loads of my gigs. So it was a very intense two months, because I would have four days of gigging and then three days of shooting a film." 

"I was playing myself, so I don't think I was that bad. There wasn't much to (mess) up."

Sheeran has already made a cameo appearance in Game of Thrones and, recently featured in new documentary made by Apple Music which explores the making of his last album, Divide.