The X-Men actor has picked up a new hobby at the age of 74, but admits his singer wife Sunny Ozell will not let him collaborate on her music.

He tells Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, "I'm having drumming lessons. It's early days and I'm struggling... A drum is not a sociable piece of equipment so I'm going to rent a studio.

"She (Ozell) doesn't want to act with me and she doesn't want me to make music with her. It's good to have distance in a relationship."

Stewart married the jazz singer in 2013.