George Clooney has written a grovelling letter to some 300 residents of the Italian town he calls home - vowing to clean up their little beach and accept honorary Italian citizenship to prove his love for the place.

Residents of Laglio - nestled on Lake Como at the foot of the Italian Alps and dubbed Clooneyville since the heartthrob moved there three years ago - are reportedly fed up with the disruption his presence has brought, reports Sky News.

They fear they would lose the town's only public beach after Clooney snapped it up to add to his bulging property and land portfolio.

But the "Ocean's Twelve" actor has been quick to assure them the beach will remain for everyone's use.

In an open letter, he wrote: "I think of Laglio as the most beautiful town in the world. The people, my neighbours, are the kindest and warmest.

"I have never and would never try to take the beach away... but the story got out there and seems to have stuck. Allow me to prove that I am worthy of an honorary citizenship. Let me fix up the beach."