George Clooney reflects on fame, failure and a life in movies with ‘Jay Kelly’

George Clooney is not Jay Kelly. That much he is sure of.

But when a famous movie star of a certain age decides to take on a role as a famous movie star of a certain age, full of regrets and realizing that he’s missed out on so much of his own life in pursuit of greatness and fame, it does invite some questions.

Clooney, 64, wasn’t thinking about all that when Noah Baumbach called him about the part. He was just thinking about how hard it is to get good roles the older he gets.

“I was predisposed to want to do it before I even read it,” Clooney told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

He wasn’t the only one. Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Billy Crudup were just a few of the many stars of “Jay Kelly,” streaming on Netflix on Friday, who pretty