We are back.
And last month we had the very charming David Oyelow here.
He is in the Netflix film, the Midnight Sky,
you got to check it out.
And he is also maybe one of the easiest people to talk to.
In fact, we talk so much, we couldn't actually
fit our whole conversation into that first episode.
So today I am bringing you a Kelly extra
you're welcome in advance .
Here he is sharing what it's like to work
with George Clooney on set and also his number one secret
for keeping his marriage strong for the past 22 years.
(whoosh noise)
Well, Kyle Chandler was here last month.
He said George Clooney was a very fun to work
with and was that true?
- Yes, Oh no. The greatest guy.
- I mean, would you really say otherwise?
( laughing)
- You would be able to tell by my demeanor
if I didn't really think that
but he is truly the greatest guy and I've never been on set
with someone who has a greater facility for funny stories.
In fact, that was my biggest challenge on this movie.
And I play this fairly stoic commander
of the space station and he would tell so
many funny stories that I spent half the time
just trying to pull myself together to be on camera.
You know, basically making the movie was what we did
between George's funny stories.
I love that.
That makes it fun to be at work too.
- Awesome. Yeah.
- Yeah he's the best guy.
You filmed the Midnight Sky in London, your hometown.
So did your family get to visit?
Cause this was all before COVID times when the world sucked.
- Yeah. Yeah.
W we, we were shooting January and February.
We actually finished in February.
Yes. My, my wife was there with me, my kids and my dad
my dad who sadly passed away in September.
- Oh I'm sorry.
- Oh yeah.There's my lovely dad.
Yeah. He came to visit the set
and it was one of the most beautiful things actually talking
about how great of a guy George Clooney is.
My dad came to visit with my in-laws as well.
My wife's parents and George just sat there
talked and listened that my dad could talk as well.
And he just, you know, he spent about twenty-five minutes
we're in the middle of a shooting day.
I'm thinking, daddy enough, stop.
Let the man go.
We need to shoot a movie.
And he just sat with my dad
and let him talk and let him listen.
It was such a, such a beautiful and generous gesture.
I'll never, ever forget it.
And I'm so grateful to George for that.
- It's actually a beautiful lesson as well.
Like what we're doing
can't be more important than who we're doing it with.
And so that, that, that's a really cool thing.
That is a beautiful thing that he did take the time.
Cause you never know what's going to come out of that.
Inspire the rest of the day.
- No, it's a gift he gave me and my dad, unfortunately
isn't going to get to see the Midnight Sky
but it's a memory we have
of an interaction with a huge star.
- Yeah.
- Like George Clooney.
It's actually in some ways, even more meaningful.
- Yeah. I know. It'd be interesting though
to get to ask him, George, like, well
what'd you get from that conversation?
Cause it, it, it seems like
if he took the time that he, he probably, you know
listen and got something out, that's that's really cool.
I think that's a, there's a lesson there for all of us.
Well, I heard you have something a two week role.
What is that?
- Yes.
- What's that, is that like a dating thing?
Or what, what is that? (laughing)
- Yeah, the two week rule, my wife and I
we met when we were 17 and 18 and then yeah
- Wow!
- We were engaged when she was 19. I was 21.
So we were very young, very naive.
And we were.
- It's crazy that it worked.I'm going to leave with that.
- I know we've been married for 22 years now.
- That's amazing.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm just elated elate.
So in love with her, but one of the foundations
in our marriage has been that we have this thing
the two week rule, we decided we're never going to be apart
for more than two weeks ever. And we've managed it.
- You know, what's hilarious.
Is I also a two-week (laughs) rule in my marriage.
which it didn't work out.
- It didn't work out. - Yeah, I'm just saying,
Obviously we did something wrong.
- Okay, okay there are a few other things there as well.
- I think it's not the two week rule, my man.
I think it's something else is what I'm saying.
(laughing)
- But it helps , it definitely helps.
(whooshing noise)
- Alright, everybody makes sure to watch
the Midnight Sky streaming now on Netflix.