Paul Bettany's shoot vow

10 months ago 21st Jan 13:30

Paul Bettany will "shoot" himself if he has to watch 'Kangaroo Jack' again.

The actor claims one of the reasons he agreed to star in fantasy adventure 'Inkheart' is so his children stop watching the 2003 film about the mischievous marsupial.

The actor claims one of the reasons he agreed to star in fantasy adventure 'Inkheart' is so his children stop watching the 2003 film about the mischievous marsupial

He said: "You know, I saw 'Kangaroo Jack' about 50,000 times. I want to shoot myself.

"And the children are like, 'Oh, can we go and see 'Kangaroo Jack' again? So it felt important to make a movie that my children could go and see, finally, that I'm in."

Paul - who raises two children, Kai, 11, and Stellan, five, ith wife Jennifer Connelly - said he was also persuaded to play the role of Dustfinger in the film after seeing his son reading the novel.

He added: "He had already been reading it. And in a sort of entirely cynical attempt to make him think I'm awesome, I decided to be in it."