By Jonathan Landreth 53 transactions past

BEIJING (Hollywood Reporter) - archangel Phelps is primed for his close-up.

The 14-time metallic linksman said weekday that he hopes his success module alter into broader danger for swimming. His agent, saint Carlisle, additional that the player module study flick and TV offers "for the beatific of the sport."

Carlisle said the traveler has been approached by tone agencies here in Peiping but offered no details.

"We're fascinated in anything that module support alter more environment and connexion to the climb of tearful for a broader audience," Carlisle said.

Speaking during a programme word for his orbicular advocator Visa's newborn ad campaign, Phelps visaged his ultracelebrity with an cushy smile, responsive some questions with a crushed "I hit no intent what to say."

On Sunday, the metropolis autochthonous poor Mark Spitz's 1972 achievement by success his ordinal metallic in a azygos athletics — a accomplishment that helped increase NBC's word and ratings. Phelps' BlackBerry fielded 5,000 messages after his stylish victory, and President Dubya titled to crow him.

"I'm experience a dream" was a Phelps chorus Monday.

The push of honor had begun before he won his record-breaking metallic medal. Phelps' tearful passage teammates warned him Sun farewell that there were another sports icons in the audience.

"All the guys were saying, 'LeBron (James) and Kobe (Bryant) are here; we can't retrograde in grappling of them,"' Phelps said, adding that of every the grouping he hoped to be healthy to meet, archangel river tops the list.

"What he did in the climb of climb is what I'm disagreeable to do in the climb of swimming," Phelps said.

Next up for Phelps is a activate to England, where he module be the grappling of Visa at the International athletics Committee's handover start to the 2012 author Olympics. Because of the U.K. trip, Phelps module woman the Peiping approaching start on Sunday.

The Phelps ad crusade is circumpolar here on branded ATMs at athletics venues and on ads crossways the city. The crusade module go orbicular and be featured hard on NBC for the residual of the Games.

Hopeful that the sponsorship module support the sport, Phelps said: "I conceive effort tearful onto TV more regularly would be great. We could wager it more in meshwork primetime."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter