Jack O’Connell has revealed the important life advice George Clooney gave him while they performed opposite each other in 2016’s Money Monster.
The Skins actor, 33, starred in the crime thriller directed by Jodie Foster, alongside the ER star and Julia Roberts.
Talking with him sunday timeJack revealed that George had urged him to delete his Instagram.
Jack spoke of the “happiness” of being free from social media and said he keeps fame away from his home life with his hairstylist girlfriend Imogen Coates.
But the star, which is destined to play Blake Fielder-Civil in the Amy Winehouse back to black biopic, He admitted that it can be a challenge to know how to behave when you have a high profile.
Jack O’Connell revealed the important life advice George Clooney gave him while they performed opposite each other in 2016’s Money Monster (pictured in December).
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Jack revealed that George had urged him to delete his Instagram account (George pictured in December).
The Skins actor, 33, starred in crime thriller Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster, alongside the ER star (pictured) and Julia Roberts.
In his next role, Jack plays the singer, husband of singer Amy, who tragically died of alcohol poisoning aged 27 in 2011, opposite Industry’s 27-year-old Marisa Abela.
Back To Black, which has been endorsed by Amy’s father Mitch (played by Eddie Marsan), has sparked outrage from the singer’s friends, who criticized it for its “macabre” depictions of the girl’s drug addiction. star and also for filming his funeral.
But when talking about whether it was “too soon” to make the biopic, Jack defended that the filmmakers asked what an “acceptable time frame” would be.
He said Sunday weather: ‘Let’s put it this way: if we were trying to portray her in any form of negative light, then that might be a valid point and I can understand one or two people jumping on that. But if you talk to Sam [Taylor-Johnson, director] “We don’t even call this a biopic, it’s a celebration.”
Jack went on to claim that he thought maybe Amy’s father, Mitch, wanted to ‘dress him up’ during his visits to the set and see him dressed as Blake.
Blake, who was married to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted introducing her to heroin and many of her fans hold her partly responsible for her untimely death.
The actor also revealed how he spent an afternoon with Amy’s ex-husband, now 41, while preparing for the role.
Last year, Blake said she would have done “almost everything differently” in their relationship when she celebrated what would have been Amy’s 40th birthday.
Jack will play Blake Fielder-Civil in the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, alongside Marisa Abela as Amy (pictured in character).
Blake (right), who was married to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted to introducing her to heroin and many of his fans hold him partly responsible for her untimely death (pictured of Jack performing it on the left)
Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard asked Blake, who rarely gives interviews, what she would have done differently. He replied: “Almost everything.”
He continued: ‘It’s sad but I wanted to say happy birthday to Amy. It’s devastating that she’s not here.
‘I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I told her my happy birthday, she was my best friend.
‘If it weren’t for certain factors, I think the result could have been different. Everything happened very quickly for Amy. We were young.’
The biopic has sparked outrage from friends, with musician Neon Hitch calling the film “ridiculous” and “in bad taste” and saying: “I feel very strange.” Could you please let Amy rest?’
Friends have vented their fury at their dad after he allowed macabre scenes of Amy’s drug overdose to be filmed in her old flat. Last February, Marisa was seen wearing an oxygen mask as she left the property in north London.
The flat is now owned by Mitch, who also appears in the scene, as Eddie was seen filming alongside Marisa and other actors playing paramedics.
At the time, Amy’s friends were devastated that her father had given permission to use the apartment in Camden to recreate one of his daughter’s darkest moments, which took place in August 2008.
A marathon 36-hour drug-taking session followed, ending with him being admitted to the £10,000-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation center on Osea Island, Essex.
Friends vented their fury at her father after he allowed macabre scenes of Amy’s drug overdose to be filmed in her old flat (Marisa pictured with Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse)