COLIN FARRELL - FARRELL: WORKING WITH STONE IS 'TOUGH'

COLIN FARRELL has praised veteran director OLIVER STONE's "brutal honesty" on the set of upcoming epic ALEXANDER.

The Irish actor - who stars as conqueror ALEXANDER THE GREAT in the movie - was at first taken aback by Stone's blunt nature, but learned to appreciate it.

He says, "It's very tough. He's just tough in his honesty, the brutality of his honesty.

"You do a take and he's like, 'S**t, I can't use a second of it, it's terrible, terrible. F**k, what are we going to do?'

"He's just honest. At the same time if he told you that was a great take, it was a great take.

"He doesn't dance around the truth, thank GOD. There are few enough people in the world that have the brutal honesty he has."