Hugh Dancy 'mistaken for terrorist'

Hugh Dancy was reportedly thrown out of a Boston airport lounge after security misinterpreted his preoccupation with carpets as the actions of a would-be terrorist.

The King Arthur star became interested in carpets after a friend suggested the idea of creating an internet database of airport furnishings, according to Contactmusic.

Dancy has apparently since spent time on recent international promotional trips for new movie Adam documenting the different floor designs he finds in each airport with a series of photos.

He explained: "A friend of mine months ago realised what the world didn't have was a database of airport carpets. So I've been travelling around the world taking pictures of the carpets and put them on the website CarpetsForAirports.com."

However, Dancy confessed that his hobby has caused him trouble with airport authorities. He added: "You just walk around [looking at the ground] until you find a good piece of carpet... You get some odd looks... It's kind of obsessional.

"I was thrown out of a lounge in Boston. The lady cited security reasons and I think she darkly hinted that I might be a terrorist. The kind of terrorist that would maybe burrow into the land or something! I can understand that from the outside it looks odd."

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