Anna Kendrick has revealed that she was terrified while working with George Clooney in the set of his 2009 drama In the air, until he told her it was “insecure.”

both actors received Oscar nominations for his performances in the film, but shared major doubts about his abilities during filming.

“To other people, he’s kind of George with a capital G, and he works really hard to make you forget that and feel comfortable,” Kendrick said in an episode of the podcast. Who’s talking to Chris? .

“The first take he and I did together was my first take on the movie. We were standing on this people mover, we were waiting and the camera was quite far away and he said, ‘God, do you get nervous? The first day I get very nervous. Do you feel insecure? I become very insecure.’”

Kendirck shared that Clooney struggled with what appeared to be imposter syndrome as he wondered if the filmmakers had made a mistake in hiring him.

“And I said, ‘Yes, I do, George, I do.’ I get totally nervous. I feel totally insecure,’” she continued. “And he was doing all this like, ‘I worry.’ Did they even hire the right person?’”

Years later, Kendrick felt that perhaps the The twelve of the ocean and wolves Star had exaggerated her feelings a bit in an attempt to make her feel more comfortable.

“Years passed until suddenly that memory appeared in my brain and I thought, ‘No, no, he doesn’t get nervous.’ You don’t feel insecure or worried that you hired the wrong person,’” he continued.

“Maybe that’s something he had to deal with early in his career, but it was a great gift for him to say that because he felt like, ‘Oh, okay, I can bring my anxiety into the moment and someone is going to hold space for me.’ that. and don’t worry about it.’ It really, really calmed me down. And it was a complete fiction.”

It comes as Kendrick continues his press tour for the Netflix film. woman of the hour. The actor revealed that he had donated all profits from the making of the film to charity, after feeling “gross” about profiting from history.

woman of the hour is streaming on Netflix now.