Paul Bettany's musical obsession

Paul Bettany is "addicted" to antique guitars.

The 40-year-old actor has spent thousands of pounds on vintage instruments but says the most valuable one was a gift from wife Jennifer Connelly.

He said: "My main addiction is guitars. I like antique guitars, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I've spent on them. Though I think my wife actually bought me my most expensive one, actually."

Paul – who raises children Kai, 14, Stellan, eight and Agnes, seven months, with Jennifer – admitted he doesn't mind being recognised when he is doing his job but he gets so enraged if people intrude on his private time, he wants to "kill people".

He told Shortlist magazine: "If I'm at a premiere it's because I'm in the film or my wife is in it. I accept certain things about my job – if someone comes up and says, 'I really liked you in so and so,' that's nice, that's fine.

"But seeing paparazzi outside my kids' school makes me want to kill people. In a life that has lots of good things, that's the one annoyance."