Clooney confused by 'Burn After Reading' plot

Hollywood star George Clooney has confessed he has no idea what his forthcoming film 'Burn After Reading' is about.

The actor, 47, admits he is baffled by the plot of the "dark spy comedy" and when he tries to get an explanation from directors Joel and Ethan Coen, they just laugh at him.

He says: "I tell the Coens that I don't understand it and they go, 'Yeah...heh, heh, heh'. I seem to play another idiot, who is having an affair with Tilda Swinton."

But Clooney is keen to get to the bottom of the plot - the movie is due to open the Venice Film Festival in Italy next month.