British actor Rupert Everett is apologizing for calling his country's soldiers "wimps" in an interview with a newspaper over the weekend.

While promoting his TV documentary "The Victorian Sex Explorer," the "My Best Friend's Wedding" actor tells U.K. paper Sunday Telegraph, "In Burton's (army officer and explorer Sir Richard Burton, the character he plays in the show) day they were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about the dangers of being killed. Oh my God, they are such wimps now!"

Rupert Everett is not impressed with some of his acting colleagues.

The English star, who is frequently seen on the arm of designer Donatella Versace, has lashed out at some other aging members of the Hollywood elite, for their career decisions during recent years.

"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe is desperate to play a gay spy.

The 18-year-old actor is planning to audition for the role of a boy at boarding school in the 30s who falls in love with his best friend and later becomes an undercover agent in a remake of the 1984 movie "Another Country".