(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Russell Brand once organised an exorcism over the phone as he was concerned the place he was working was haunted.

The British comedian worked as a labourer in a chateau in southern France when he was younger, but the others on the site were convinced something strange was happening at the property. They convinced Russell all wasnt right, so he eventually decided to take matters into his own hands to sort it out.

Everyone working there was convinced there was poltergeist activity. The bloke I was working with kept a pick-axe in his room. I said, If there is a poltergeist, mate, thats making it worse. Itll use that axe against you, he recalled. In the end we got a priest to ring up and bless some holy water over the phone. Yeah, a phone exorcism. We invented it.

Russell looks back on that time fondly, and cant believe how much his life has changed since. He sometimes wishes he wasnt famous, although he freely admits being a celebrity does have some advantages.

Youve got to accept it. You get money and attention and thats quite nice, he told Q magazine. Fame is a double-edged sword. (C) Cover Media