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Brad Pitt pranked George Clooney during the filming of Oceans 12

GEORGE Clooney may be the master prankster, but that doesn't mean he's immune from getting tricked himself. So what did Brad Pitt do to him?

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GEORGE Clooney may be the master prankster, but that doesn't mean he's immune from getting tricked himself.

During a reddit AMA, the 52-year-old answered questions from the public and revealed that he once fell victim to a Brad Pitt prank.

Here are Clooney's best responses from the Q+A:

The best prank that's been played on him: It was Brad, we were shooting Oceans 12 in my hometown in Lake Como and he had a flyer sent around saying George only wants to be called by his character's name Danny Ocean, don't look him in the eyes, and it got into the local paper. As you know, jokes don't translate at all, and they called me il divo, and said that I was treating the crew like s***. When it got into the paper I came downstairs and Brad had the paper in his hand, and I said "You're mine from here on out." Brad just said, "Please don't harm my children." Yeah, he's done some pretty rotten things.

The movie role he's most embarrassed about: Well I wasn't thrilled with the nipples on the batsuit. You know that's not something you really think about when you're putting it on. You figure all batsuits have nipples and then you realise yours was really the first. Batman was just constantly cold I guess.

Clooney wasn't thrilled about his Batman nipples.
Clooney wasn't thrilled about his Batman nipples.

Did he really kick Leonardo DiCaprio's a** on the basketball court once: It's true. That was a fun day. It's always fun when you play people younger than you and win. We're playing a bunch of six year olds tomorrow.

What's it like to work with Sandra Bullock: It's tricky cause Sandy drinks so much that oftentimes it's just hard to keep her upright. No, you know, Sandy and I have known each other for over 20 years and we both were struggling actors when we first met. She was dating a friend of mine at the time who's still a good friend of ours. Every time we're together it's funny. She's somebody I adore, really, she's just fun to be in a room with. I'm sure people will assume people aren't quite who they appear to be on screen - they're shorter or taller or meaner or dumber - but Sandy is exactly what she appears on screen, an incredibly charming woman who's really just fun to hang out with. Very smart and centred, even though she does drink a lot.

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in "Gravity". She looks sober here.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in "Gravity". She looks sober here.

How does he feel about the Golden Globes jokes where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler said, "Gravity … It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age": You know I got really good by Tina and Amy the other day and I'm working on getting them back in a big way. But for the most part most of the time when it's bad it's actually funny. You actually feel bad for the comedians up on stage cause you know if you've ever gone to a comedy club and you see somebody bomb it makes you cringe. Shows like that are designed to have fun with you without being devastatingly unkind. I've been the target of a couple of stupid jokes that didn't work, but in general I've only seen a couple that were really vicious toward people, and they didn't work. When they don't work you feel badly for the person doing it.

What would he be doing if he wasn't a movie star: I'd be unemployed probably. I have no idea, I'd probably have gone back to Kentucky if I hadn't succeeded and found a job there like everyone else. The funny thing about my career is that, I'm the first one to be very well aware of how lucky I am to be where I am. I appreciate it all. But I would have made a living, fed myself, housed myself.

A hobby of his that people don't know about: I'm a cobbler, I like to make shoes.

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