Jason Schwartzman 'fascinated by Clooney'

Jason Schwartzman has said that working with George Clooney was like being at the front of an acting lesson.

Both actors provide their voices in Wes Anderson's stop-motion animation Fantastic Mr Fox.

Schwartzman told Parade: "Typically when you're working with someone it's not kosher to just kind of gaze at them because you're usually on camera as well.

"But when we were sitting around a table with just a recorder, it was really nice for me to be able to look at George. I admit I might have actually been staring."

He added: "Obviously, he's a handsome gentleman, but what I found fascinating was just kind of watching him work. It was like having a front row seat in an acting class."

Schwartzman also confirmed that Anderson had encouraged the cast to interact with each other and took them on a field trip to a farm where they "ran around and played in the dirt and did all sorts of crazy things".