Ed Norton 'encountered rat at cinema'

Edward Norton has revealed that an encounter with a rat has ruined his interest of attending a theatre or cinema.

The Fight Club actor revealed that he visited a New York cinema to watch the Oscar-winning The King's Speech, but was surprised to see a rat run across the floor.

He told The Guardian: "I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience anymore. I still love it, but my experience equates with a lot of other people.

"I went to see The King's Speech, and there's been this plague of bed bugs in New York City, with people getting them off the movie theatre seats, so I was thinking about that and then a rat ran across the aisle! I sat there thinking, 'I could be watching this at home!'"

Norton is currently developing a new HBO mini-series adaptation of the Stephen Ambrose book Undaunted Courage.

Watch the trailer for Norton's latest film Stone, which also stars Robert De Niro below: