Matt Damon 'struggled with facial hair'

Matt Damon has revealed that he struggled to grow the required facial hair for his role in True Grit.

The actor plays Texas Ranger La Boeuf in the Western movie - written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. The character needed large sideburns and a moustache, but Damon explained that he found it difficult to grow them to the desired length.

The Belfast Telegraph quotes him as saying: "Luckily they can glue those on because I can't grow them that big."

He added that wife Luciana Barroso was not best pleased with the fake facial hair, saying: "I wish I could [grow sideburns] but then I'm not sure my wife would be too happy with them. They had a lot of people on hand to help make me look good in this movie."