Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Niall Horan would want his doppelganger pal Allen Leech or Hollywood heartthrob Leonard DiCaprio to play him in a One Direction biopic.
If there is ever a movie about the popular boy band - which was also comprised of Harry Styles, 29, Louis Tomlinson, 31, Liam Payne, 29, and formerly, Zayn Malik, 30 - the 29-year-old singer would like fellow Irishman Allen, 41, who he is often compared to, or the 48-year-old 'Titanic' star to portray him.
Speaking to ET Canada, Niall said: "Currently, it would be Allen Leech from 'Downton Abbey'. "I met him in a coffee shop in LA one time and we were just doing the whole, 'We look like each other. ' "Him or [Leonardo] DiCaprio.
One of them. " It comes after Allen tipped Niall to play a young Tom Branson - his role in the period drama - if there is ever a spin-off of 'Downton Abbey'.
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