Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch, is to launch his acting career in a new British film near the music industry, it's been reported.
Mr Winehouse is said to have jumped at the chance to be in the photographic film, which tells the news report of a one-hit wonder in the 1980s.
�Mitch has become well-nigh as recognizable as Amy. He�s always on hand when his daughter gets into scrapes,� an insider said.
�He comes across very well when he appears on TV to defend his daughter and the film�s producers like his charm.�
According to the Sun paper, Mr Winehouse will wager a taxi driver � his real life profession � in the moving picture, which is currently in pre-production.
The reports come two days later on it was claimed Winehouse had been filmed plain snorting cocaine in a pub in North London.
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