A major star wanted cocaine to help the CIA according to a new tell-all book

IN A tell-all book a former CIA lawyer has revealed Hollywood stars often help the spy agency gather information, but not always for free. Some have wild demands.

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A LONG-TIME CIA employee has revealed that Hollywood actors are sometimes used by the spy agency to gather information.

John Rizzo, who was a lawyer for the intelligence agency for 33 years, has written a tell-all book called Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA.

In it, he claims that celebrities make great spies, saying, "The CIA has long had a special relationship with the entertainment industry, devoting considerable attention to fostering relationships with Hollywood movers and shakers: studio executives, producers, directors and big-name actors."

"Their power and international celebrity can be valuable," Rizzo wrote according to the MailOnline.

"It gives them entry to people and places abroad. Heads of state want to meet and get cosy with them. Their film crews are given free rein everywhere, even in places where the US government doesn't normally have it," Rizzo wrote.

In the book, which has just been released, Rizzo recounts the time a high-profile actor approached the agency to offer up his services, but there was a slight catch.

In a meeting with the actor's agency handler, Rizzo was told, "The actor refuses to take any money, but he told us that instead all he wants is for us to score him the best $50,000 stash of cocaine we can find. He seems to think we can get the real primo stuff. So that's why I'm here. Is it okay for us to do it?'"

The answer was no, but the actor agreed to help out the CIA anyway.