CHARLOTTE CHURCH - CHURCH IS TOO BIG FOR PHANTOM

Troubled opera star CHARLOTTE CHURCH has turned down a role in Hollywood movie PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - because the makers wanted her to lose weight.

The 17-year-old star has angrily confessed she was told to slim down to audition for a role in the film version of the popular SIR ANDREW LLOYD-WEBBER musical, despite her global fame.

In an interview for British style magazine THE FACE she admits she's often turned away because of her size.

She says, "I won't fit into their ideals because I think it's really wrong. I think if I'd just fitted in with everything that everybody told me to I would've been in rehab age 12."

Speaking about her Phantom Of The Opera snub, she adds, "They're saying even if I wanna audition, I've gotta lose a few pounds. So I said, 'Bu**er off then.' I get it all the time, calls from the management in LA saying, 'We're not getting adverts and major film parts cos you're too big.'"