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Actor Edward Norton left baffled by One Direction 'tough' interview request

'Birdman' actor Edward Norton has revealed that he was recently asked to interview UK based boyband One Direction on a rollercoaster in Orlando and said he would accept for a cool $10 million.

During a chat with Conan in the U.S., which is set to air tonight (November 11), the Hollywood star explained that he was left very confused by the odd request: 

"Someone involved with the band New Direction, One Direction, sorry, ... said they wanted someone to conduct in a big televised concert, a celebrity, a celebrity interview would be shown during a televised concert with the band."

"They wanted it to be the toughest interview of the band's career and that, that was going to be achieved. I thought initially they were saying they wanted me to do it because I'm an intellectual force or something like that. They said that it was going to be the toughest interview because it would be conducted on a rollercoaster ... in Orlando."

Norton went onto talk about the payment he was offered if he accepted the bizarre job proposal: "The recompense for doing this was that I was offered was two tickets to Orlando and accommodation if required. I said, 'There's so many things about this offer that are perplexing, the first is, ''if required'' - is there hope there that I might live in Orlando? And that they therefore save on that particular expense?'"

"But the other was just simply, you know, 'Why? Why? What?' I mean, looking back across my body of work I just wondered was it 'Death to Smoochy'. Was it ... which, which of the, which thing inspired the belief that I was the right person to do this? I said that for $5 million to a charity of my choice and probably the same to me."

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Watch a recent interview with the 1D lads below: