Coogan talks Partridge film sequel

Steve Coogan has floated the idea of a sequel to Alan Partridge's first movie excursion 'Alpha Papa'.

The actor, who is doing the rounds promoting his new film 'Philomena' starring himself and Dame Judi Dench, says he's up for donning the action slacks once again.

“There's definitely some possibility of Alan having another outing, and what it is I don't know,” he told Digital Spy.

[Alan Partridge could have tackled a Saudi dictator]

“He's not dead, we've not killed him. We deliberately didn't kill him - he's like a vampire, we put him in a coffin, he's kept in cold storage and we drag him out, attach the electrodes and re-animate him. We might do that in a couple of years.”

He went on to put the character of Alan in context with some of his other slightly more serious roles.

“I only did pursue the Alan Partridge film once I had these other projects on the go,” he added.

“I made Alan Partridge after 'Philomena' chronologically, but I also worked with Michael Winterbottom on the 'The Look of Love', which I was very pleased with.

[Dench: Lots of laughs on Philomena]

“I've just done a second series of 'The Trip' in Italy with him, and I felt like as an actor, a performer I'm doing interesting and different things. So I didn't mind doing another Alan. It's a very classy problem to have.”

That he is...

'Philomena', the true story of journalist Martin Sixsmith (Coogan) helping Philomena Lee find her son, who she was forced to have adopted by nuns at an Irish convent, is out today nationwide.

See the trailer below...