Sam Rockwell Recalls George Clooney Teaching Him How to Be a Leading Man: 'Can't Do Bozo the Clown in Every Scene'

Sam Rockwell might not have become the versatile leading man he is today without some acting advice he got from George Clooney. The "Argyle" star has been delivering standout performances for decades, perhaps most notably with scene-stealing character actor work, memorably supporting in features like like "Galaxy Quest," "Matchstick Men" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," the latter for which he won the 2017 Academy Award. And while those roles give him fun, "big," left-of-center material to work with, leading a movie often requires a different kind of . . .

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