For their new movie, Jay Kelly , George Clooney had a special rule on set: he didn’t want the cast referring to Adam Sandler by his nickname “Sandman,” in an effort to take the comedian more seriously as an actor.

At the film’ s AFI Fest premiere on Thursday, Clooney explained that reasoning to The Hollywood Reporter , saying, “You get treated the way you treat yourself. This was a different kind of role for Adam, and I wanted to make sure that he wasn’t making fun of his incredible talent. He likes to just deflect and I was like, ‘You know what, dude, you’re really good in this film and you’re a really good actor and let’s not just make jokes.'”

For their new movie, Jay Kelly , George Clooney had a special rule on set: he didn’t want the cast referring to Adam Sandler

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