OWEN WILSON - WILSON PULLS OUT OF FILM

Hollywood actor Owen Wilson has reportedly pulled out of comedy movie Tropic Thunder as he seeks to recover from an apparent suicide attempt.

Variety magazine reports that the star, who asked for time to "heal in private" after being hospitalised earlier this week, will not perform in the film about a group of actors in a war zone.

The trade magazine reports that the film's director Ben Stiller was informed about the decision and that he was in favour of the move. The film, which also stars Jack Black and Robert Downey Junior, is currently being shot in Hawaii.

Dreamworks, the studio producing the comedy, has not confirmed the reports.

Yesterday, it emerged that Santa Monica police visited Wilson's house over an attempted suicide bid, as revealed in the department's police log.

The law-enforcement agency's Call for Service report, available online, shows that officers attended a reported attempted suicide at the 38-year-old actor's house on Sunday afternoon.

There had been widespread speculation in the media that Wilson had tried to take his life after his break-up with actress Kate Hudson.

A spokeswoman for the Cedars-Sinai medical centre, Cynthia Harding, had previously said that Wilson was "in good condition" but did not reveal why he had been hospitalised.

Wilson was nominated for an Oscar in 2002, when he competed in the best screenplay category for his work on The Royal Tenebaums.