Judd Trump wants villainous role in Ronnie O’Sullivan’s fairy tale saga

A Ronnie O’Sullivan documentary is being filmed at the World Snooker Championship this year and we now know that only one man can stop it from having the Hollywood ending it seems destined for. Judd Trump.

O’Sullivan’s life has been pretty well documented for the last 30 years, but the cameras have been following him round intensely at the Crucible over the last 15 days, making, what is sure to be, a hugely popular piece of work.

The Rocket has revealed the crew have had access to all areas and he has even had a microphone in his waistcoat while playing, to capture every last utterance of the great man at the table.

The film-makers have enjoyed the 46-year-old making his way to an eighth World Championship final, beating a string of fine players en route with apparent ease at every turn.

Dave Gilbert, Mark Allen, Stephen Maguire and John Higgins all failed to lay much of a glove on O’Sullivan as he has waltzed into the final with barely a step out of place.

A seventh world title is just 18 frames away from him now, which really would be the ideal ending to his film. Capturing the one meaningful record in snooker that has evaded him to date – Stephen Hendry’s seven Crucible triumphs.

He would be very unlikely to admit it – in fact he said pre-tournament that he ‘couldn’t give a monkey’s if he was bombed out first round’ – but the allure of this all coming together on film has seemed to give the Rocket a razor sharp focus we don’t always see from him.

Aside from the odd daft interview, it has been all business from O’Sullivan this tournament, playing all the right shots at all the right times and generally getting them all right as well.

Even when his tip has bothered him and he has seemed to have serious issues with the