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PARTY animal Martin Compston has revealed his agents stopped him presenting a TV series where he was to go around pubs in the US getting drunk. The Line of Duty star said he was keen to do the show which would have seen him tour bars in Los Angeles meeting locals. 2 The star is known for his role in hit show Line of Duty Credit: Alamy 2 The actors agents were worried the show might have a negative impact on his image The documentary series was proposed to help launch the 40-year-old actor’s career in Hollywood.

However, Compston said his representatives vetoed the project because they thought it would be bad for his image. The Scot told how he had turned down almost every reality show in the UK and the US offer was the only one which interested him. Speaking on his Restless Natives podcast, he said: “I have pretty much been offered every reality show but it’s not for me.



Read More Celeb News STREET SET Music star braves Scots downpours to perform free outdoor gig for hundreds J-LO-VER J-Lo & Ben Affleck set for showdown - as film bosses plot measures to unify exes “I did get one and my lovely agent said ‘Absolutely not’. “There was a company in America that came and said they basically wanted me to go to bars in LA and get smashed and go around meeting people. “They were saying ‘This could help build him in America’.

“I was like ‘This sounds f**king great’. Getting paid to go around bars, meeting people and getting drunk, that’s the dream or is it not? Most read in Celebrity TOT IN HERRE Ashanti, 43, gives birth to first child with Nelly weeks after rapper's arrest EW BEAUTY! Huge Hollywood star wins fight with council to fix 'yellowing' £2m Scots mansion HOUSE THAT 'So lovely', gushes Lorraine over pregnant daughter Rosie's home transformation OH MY, KY! Kylie Jenner’s fans insist she looks ‘so hot’ in tiny blue bikini after backlash “But then my American agents and my agents here went ‘Absolutely not’.” Moment Martin Compston spotted being carried through Munich square as he parties ahead of Germany v Scotland clash Compston, who lives in Las Vegas with wife Tianna and their young son, has insisted he is going to put his hellraiser image to bed soon.

He is considering quitting drinking after turning 40 earlier this year. He said he was left embarrassed after he stormed onto the stage at Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival to introduce Example and screamed: “F*** Glastonbury .”.

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