Chris Martin got legendary director Steven Spielberg to help him win an Xfm phone-in yesterday. The singer was appearing on the station's breakfast show as part of their 'Bounty Hunter' contest, a feature that requires participants to get a celebrity to call into the show.
Martin used his family connections to get Spielberg to call and speak to Xfm's Christian O'Connell - Spielberg is Martin's wife **Gwyneth
Paltrow**'s godfather. Martin said: "This man is big time.
He's as big time as it gets. I can't believe I'm sitting with him to be honest. The director of some the best films of all time. It's crazy. It's none other than your main man Steven
Spielberg... It's crazy. Life's funny sometimes, man."
Spielberg explained that he's currently finishing new film 'War Of The
Worlds', and revealed that he'd recently attended a private screening of 'Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith' and described it as the "best of the three new films". He also joked with Martin about making a film about his band. Martin added that he'd asked Spielberg about a film role. "I asked him about 'Indiana Jones 4', but perhaps he'll let me be an android in 'War Of The Worlds 2'."