The legitimate reason for having a brooding photo of Chris Pine in a magazine devoted to Dunfermline and west Fife is that the Star Trek star seems likely to take on the role of Robert the Bruce – buried in Dunfermline and with his name emblazoned around the top of the Abbey – in Scottish director David Mackenzie’s latest film. Outlaw King will also feature Ben Foster who starred alongside Pine in Mackenzie’s excellent recent effort Hell Or High Water, as Bruce’s chief adviser, James Douglas.

Fellow Scots Gillian Berrie of Sigma Films and Richard Brown of Anonymous Content (who made True Detective) will produce the Netflix film which, according to early reports, will depict Bruce as a hero who stands up for his countrymen and feature a love story between him and his queen, Elizabeth de Burgh. Wonder if they’ll be looking for volunteers to help Pine with his accent…