Washington
(ANI):
American
actor
George
Clooney
imposed
a
"don't
hit
the
director" rule
on
the
set
of
his
new
football
movie
Leatherheads
after
he
was
flattened
by
an
extra.
Clooney,
who
directs
and
stars
in
the
1920s
sports
comedy
opposite
Renee
Zellweger,
thought
that
he
would
be
able
to
handle
the
roughness
of
the
shoot
if
he
hired
actors
who
were
leaner
and
smaller
than
him.
However
after
a
game,
which
left
him
gasping
for
air,
he
realized
that
he
had
taken
on
too
much.
"I
was
going
to
make
this
10
years
ago
and
when
this
one
finally
got
going,
I
realized
that
when
I
got
on
the
football
field
that
I
actually
had
to
play
football," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.
"So
I
hired
all
the
football
players
to
be
my
height
or
below,
and,
believe
it
or
not,
it's
not
so
easy
to
do
anymore
because
actors
are
giants,"
he
said.
"The
first
kid
that
hit
me
was
21-years-old.
I
went
running
with
the
football
down
the
middle
(of
the
field)
and
he
just
thumped
me,
knocked
me
back
and
I
couldn't
catch
my
breath,"
he
stated.
"I
forgot
about
that
part
of
it,
so
I
made
rules
like,
'Don't
hit
the
director!'"
he
added.