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Anna Kendrick Was Terrified to Act With George Clooney on ‘Up in the Air’ Until He Told Her on Set: ‘I Get Insecure. Did They Even Hire the Right Guy?’

Anna Hendrick was terrified to shoot her first scenes with George Clooney until he admitted to her his own set fears and insecurities.

Anna Kendrick was the latest guest on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” as her press tour for Netflix’s “Woman of the Hour” continued, and she told a heartfelt story about what it was like working with a Hollywood A-lister like George Clooney so early in her career. “Maybe that’s something he dealt with earlier in his career, but it was such a gift for him to say that because it felt like, ‘Oh, okay, I can bring my anxiety into the moment and someone is going to hold space for that and be cool with that.’ It really, really set me at ease. Kendrick plays Natalie, a bright-eyed optimist instructed with teaching Ryan a new virtual system that that will get his job done faster.

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