Butler to play 'disgusting leprechaun'

Gerard Butler has revealed that he will play a horrible leprechaun in a new movie.

The Bounty Hunter star told MTV News that the sketch comedy project, written by Peter Farrelly and Charles Wessler, is "insane".

"I play the most perverse, disturbing, disgusting, foul-mouthed leprechaun you could ever imagine," he explained.

"I've been kidnapped by Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott so they can get their pot of gold. They don't quite realise what they've bargained for. They land themselves in a bit of trouble."

Butler added that the film will use special effects to transform him into a leprechaun.

He said: "It's funny because we're using that technology from Benjamin Button - what's the politically correct term? A little person? - and they're going to put my head onto the little person. It's very funny. It's insane."

Butler concluded: "It's for real. You have to see it to believe it."