EDDIE IZZARD - CLOONEY AND PITT HELP IZZARD BECOME 'HOLLYWOOD HUNK'

Cross-dressing comedian EDDIE IZZARD has been picking up tips on how to be a heart-throb from hunky co-stars BRAD PITT and GEORGE CLOONEY on the set of blockbuster OCEAN'S 12.

The stand-up legend boasts he is already a sex symbol and is delighted that his new celebrity friends have overcome their reservations about his unusual dress-sense and are helping him become a "Hollywood hunk".

Izzard explains, "I fit exactly into the Hollywood heart-throb role. I already am a charismatic heart-throb, maybe not an action type with a chiseled jaw, but maybe more of a coming in from the outside line, type of heart-throb.

"Brad Pitt knows I talk a lot of cr*p and wear a lot of make-up. I think he goes 'live and let live' and is cool with that. It is easier for women to swing with guys wearing make-up, but men have to find a different way of accessing it. George Clooney seems cool."