George Clooney reveals the one thing that wife Amal couldn’t stand Midnight Sky

He is arguably one of Hollywood’s most coveted leading men.

But George Clooney has revealed that the beard he grew for his role in The Midnight Sky was a big turnoff for his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

The actor, 59, said on Thursday that Amal and their three-year-old daughter, Ella, were “ happy to see it go ” after the footage wrapped.

“My daughter and my wife, perhaps the happiest day I can remember, was the day I shaved it off,” he said on the Today show in Australia. “They were very happy to see it disappear.”

He admitted, however, that his son, Alexander, also three, was a fan of the beard and enjoyed “ sneaking things in. ”

“My son grabbed my beard and pulled my head over to talk to me, so he enjoyed it a bit,” George added.

He snuck things into my beard while I was sleeping. I would have a popsicle on my neck when I went to work. ‘

Not only did George grow a beard for the role, but he also underwent an impressive physical transformation prior to filming.

‘I spent the summer in Italy eating lentil soup and exercising three times a day. I lost about 25 pounds (11 kilograms) because you wanted it [the character] to be quite emancipated, ”he said.

In the film, George plays a scientist who travels through the North Pole with a young girl to contact a crew of returning astronauts in the aftermath of a global catastrophe.

“It’s not often you read a really good script and see a good story,” he said of the film.

‘In my life and in my career, you read one or two scripts a year, and this was one that I read and I thought,’ I’m kind of the right man to play this part. ”