GREEN LIT

Edward Norton has a pretty impressive CV, having performed superbly in 'Fight Club' and 'American History X', but you can only make so many trips to the well before the bucket comes up empty, and Ed's pail is looking pretty dry at the moment. It seems unlikely that the new version of 'The Incredible Hulk' is going to fling many Oscars his way, so Ed has decided to go down another green path. The dull, hectoring 'Let's Save The Planet' one.

A movie set isn't the most energy-efficient place on the surface of the Earth, is it? All those egos crammed into a small space must require a fair bit of ventilation for a start.

Any film starring John Travolta is going to be out a fortune on the industrial spray-painter keeping that hairline looking level, and Matthew McConaughey must be kicking off some dreadful emissions from his deodorant-free armpits, so Ed is right to have concerns about the way Hollywood is contributing to the demise of the world's atmosphere.

"I think the studios are doing their part. Not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it's cost effective. They need to look at the way films get made. There's a lot of waste in the way we make films."

Exactly. I remember watching Norton's film 'The Illusionist' and thinking at the end, "What a fucking waste. Of my time."