STRIKING

As an aside, he shot the video for the 2nd single yesterday

The allure of One Direction's boyband superstardom is just too appealing for Zayn to resist any longer.

No, the first 1D defector isn't rejoining Harry, Niall, Louis and Liam for a new album or tour, but he is turning his rocky boyband years into a TV drama.

And no ordinary TV drama at that - as Zayn will executive produce the upcoming TV show with the team behind six-time Emmy winner Entourage.

Of course, there's plenty of crossover between typical boybands and Entourage: One central superstar flanked by hangers-on of varying degrees of talent. Sound familiar?

Producers even want to cast real musicians and spin off the music created in the series into an actual pop record (via The Sun).

Zayn's spokesperson declined to comment on the project when reached by Digital Spy.

What's definitely clear is that Zayn is keen on branching out from music - and he's already angling for an acting gig.

"I started acting when I was in school with theatre studies and then music came after," he told ELLE UK.

"It completely stopped when I joined the band but I'd definitely be interested if I was given the right role."

Ex-1D bandmate Harry Styles has already got the jump on Zayn with a sure-fire breakout role in Christopher Nolan's war movie Dunkirk - and cut his luscious long hair for the part, to boot!

There's no indication yet that Zayn will actually act in his new boyband show - but a shot at TV glory is hard to pass up even for a pop superstar. Just ask Golden Globe winner Lady Gaga.

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