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How casting George Clooney helped 'Jay Kelly' take shape
Director and co-writer Noah Baumbach explains the evolution of his latest movie and how the real movie star brought life to his fictional movie star.Peter Mountain/Netflix Laura Dern, George Clooney, and Adam Sandler in 'Jay Kelly'For his 13th feature film, Noah Baumbach was ready for an adventure, one that got him and his characters outside of his mostly New York- and Los Angeles-set movies."I have wanted to shoot in Europe for a long time. I w…
Director and screenwriter Noah Baumbach swaps the New York intellectual bubble of his previous films for an express train traveling through Europe. One of the passengers is George Clooney as an aging Hollywood icon named Jay Kelly. His inability to step out of character becomes the basis of a bittersweet study of loneliness, available to watch on Netflix.
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