London, July 4 (IANS) After winning hearts with his musical notes, singer Ed Sheeran is all set to showcase his acting skills through a “gruesome” role in a TV show.

According to The Sun newspaper, the 24-year-old is a part of medieval TV show of US, reports mirror.co.uk.

“I have an acting job coming out after July. I can’t say too much about it because the pilot just got picked up, which is good, but it’s a TV show,” he said.

The “Thinking out loud” hitmaker, who was reportedly keen to star in HBO’s hit series “Game Of Thrones”, added that his debut on TV will be no less than “gruesome”.

“It’s a medieval TV show and it’s really, really dark. It’s gruesome and it’s going to be fine because my friend wrote it,” he said.