Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones's newly acquired Scottish accent annoys her actor-husband Michael Douglas.

Zeta Jones plays a Scottish con woman in her new movie Death Defying Acts and has been constantly working on the accent since landing the part, reports contactmusic.com.

She admits it has been frustrating for her husband.

She said: "Michael is really fed up with it. When we are on the phone, I'll say 'hello' in a Scots voice and he'll reply, 'It's me, enough already."

The movie is based on the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini who has freed himself from jails, handcuffs, chains and ropes.