Aspiring footballers might want to "bend it like Beckham", butAmerica's aspiring league wanted to brand it like him.

那些有志向的足球运动员也许想“我爱贝克汉姆”，但是美国有远大追求的联盟想要像贝克汉姆一样做商业化宣传。

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Players now try to trend it like Beckham more often than they try to bend it like Beckham.

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"Normally in film you can sit back a lot more and let it wash over you, " continues the star of Bend It Like Beckham and the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

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The first Bollywood acting school, the Actor Prepares academy in Ealing, west London, which was founded by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher of Bend It Like Beckham fame, opened its doors back in 2008.

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