Iron Man star Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed she has another string to add to her bow: rapping. Yes, really.

As well acting, writing cook books and being really good at Pilates Paltrow says she’s pretty good at spitting rhymes as well.

Speaking to ES magazine she said her husband Chris Martin doesn’t like listening to music at home saying: “He can't have background music on; it has to be 100 per cent of his attention.

"But if he isn't at home, I turn on the hip-hop - I'm like a bad mutha rapping along to every word as I cook."

There is the small matter of Iron Man 3 -which is out in May - to deal with first, so it may be a while before G-Pal drops a mixtape…