{"id":255832,"date":"2025-12-29T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/255832\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:32:08","slug":"george-clooney-on-jay-kelly-personal-detail-that-surprised-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/255832\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney On &#8216;Jay Kelly&#8217; Personal Detail That Surprised Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jay-kelly\/\">Jay Kelly<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/george-clooney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">George Clooney<\/a> experienced a bit of art imitating life, thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Netflix<\/a> film\u2019s co-writer\/director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/noah-baumbach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Noah Baumbach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDiscussing a scene in which his titular movie star receives a lifetime achievement award in a packed theater after watching a reel of his onscreen career, the 2x Oscar-winning actor said he \u201cwas surprised\u201d by Baumbach using clips from Clooney\u2019s own filmography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cOh, it was a surprise all right. I was surprised,\u201d said Clooney on Entertainment Weekly\u2018s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/george-clooney-surprised-jay-kelly-tribute-movie-clips-11876195\">Around the Table<\/a>, as co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/adam-sandler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Adam Sandler<\/a> added, \u201cWe were both surprised. We felt things that we didn\u2019t expect to feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tClooney added, \u201cWe held hands. No, I didn\u2019t know he was going to use sort of clips from my own actual career, which was a surprise. And you get to look at a lot of bad haircuts over the\u2026 mullets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t you laugh,\u201d he quipped to Sandler. \u201cYou had a mullet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kelly-01.jpg\" alt=\"Fake movie stars.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"614\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Clooney in \u2018Jay Kelly\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNow available to stream on Netflix, the film follows famous actor Jay Kelly (Clooney) as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. He confronts both his past and present, accompanied by his loyal manager Ron (Sandler). The film blends poignant themes with humor, capturing the regrets amid the notable achievements of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Jay Kelly, George Clooney experienced a bit of art imitating life, thanks to the Netflix film\u2019s co-writer\/director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[23388,434,18,117,10232,19,17,23389,127,23390],"class_list":{"0":"post-255832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-adam-sandler","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-george-clooney","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-jay-kelly","16":"tag-netflix","17":"tag-noah-baumbach"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115802167462203723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}