George Clooney and Adam Sandler were among the stars on the red carpet Monday night as Daily Mail was on hand for the debut of the Netflix film Jay Kelly in New York City.
The screening for the motion picture at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall was held just hours after news broke that A-list celebrity couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were separating after 19 years of marriage.
Sandler, 59, told Daily Mail he was not aware that the couple had parted ways, while Patrick Wilson said he had just learned the news.
The storyline of the film, according to a synopsis from Netflix, focuses on ‘famous movie actor’ Jay Kelly (played by Clooney).
Kelly ’embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting his past and present with his devoted manager Ron,’ played by Sandler, the streaming service said.
Noah Baumbach directed the motion picture, which also stars Laura Dern, Riley Keough, Isla Fisher, Louis Partridge, Patrick Wilson and Billy Crudup.
George Clooney, 64, and Adam Sandler, 59, were among the stars on the red carpet Monday night as Daily Mail was on hand for the debut of the Netflix film Jay Kelly in New York City
Clooney chat with Daily Mail about his collaboration with the writer-director Baumbach, a four-time Oscar nominee.
‘It was interesting because you know, he sent me the script and said, “I wrote it with you in mind,” and then I read it,’ the Ocean’s Eleven star said. ‘I was like, well, it, “It’s such a wonderful part,” and I knew immediately before I read it, I thought I was going to do it.’
The Oscar-winning Syriana actor related his own Hollywood experience to the character he played in the film.
‘I also felt like how lucky I was that I didn’t live with the kinds of regret that this character does,’ Clooney said.
The Academy Award-winning actor said that he had a different perspective on what it takes to reach the top after doing so when he was older.
‘I chalk it up to the fact that I got famous much later in life,’ Clooney said, ‘and so I was a little more balanced and understanding how little success has to do with you.
‘Because you know, when you’re young and you get success, you just think you’re a genius; you get older, you think, well, luck played a big part in it.’
Clooney chat about his professional chemistry with Sandler: ‘I’ve known Adam a long time and he’s a dear friend, and the minute we knew we were going to get a chance to work together, we were thrilled.’
The Oscar-winning actor chat with Daily Mail about his own Hollywood experience related to the character he played in the film
Sandler was not aware that Kidman and Urban had parted ways, a rep for the actor said
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, seen in 2023 in Texas, are separating after 19 years
Clooney added of the Uncut Gems star: ‘It’s just fun to work with a guy who’s, you know, he’s a beautiful actor, he’s a wonderful comedian and he’s just a great soul.’
Jay Kelly is scheduled to arrive in select theaters November 14 on Netflix on December 5.
The Australian actress and Urban were last seen together publicly in June this year, when they were pictured attending a FIFA World Cup match in Nashville, Tennessee.
The country star has been away for much of the year on his High and Alive World Tour. He is due to perform in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Thursday.
Kidman and the children, meanwhile, have remained in Nashville, where the couple own a $4 million compound. TMZ reported Monday that ‘Keith has acquired his own residence in Nashville and has moved out of their family home.’
Clooney and wife Amal beamed as they made they way down the red carpet Monday
Adam Sandler and wife smiled for photographers as they made their entrance
Over the summer, the actress and their kids stayed in England while she filmed the sequel to her 1998 movie Practical Magic. She was paying a reported £65,000 ($87,000) each month to rent a luxurious Hampstead mansion once owned by pop star Boy George.
While the London move was for work, it certainly raised eyebrows back in Kidman’s native Australia.
‘[Kidman and Urban] do make an effort to speak every day when they’re apart, but it is shocking how much time they’ve spent apart since Nicole’s mother died last September,’ an insider told local magazine Woman’s Day earlier this month. ‘It’s like they both went their separate ways.’
Urban and Kidman are parents to daughters Sunday, 16, and Faith, 14.
