An American actress is “begging Hollywood” to cast her as Glasgow’s most famous son, Billy Connolly.

Washington-born star Rosa Pasquarella counts TV shows Funnel of Darkness, the Deep End and 2010 Michael Winterbottom flick The Killer Inside Me – featuring Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck – among her big and small screen roles to date.

Now she has appealed to casting execs to give her the role of the Big Yin as she believes she bears a resemblance to the 79-year-old.

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She took to Twitter to share her picture alongside that of the comedian wearing his now trademark glasses and sporting his goatee, with the caption: “I am once again begging Hollywood to cast me as Billy Connolly.”

Her tweet sparked a few responses, with one writing: “I’d watch that”, while another wrote: “I just think it was brave of you to not give up your seat on that bus.”.

It comes after a Clydebank author took to Twitter to share her surprise after spotting a building that ‘looks like Billy Connolly’ in east London.

Emma Grae couldn’t believe her eyes when she spotted an ornate-looking building with what she thought bore a striking resemblance to the Big Yin.