Jack O'Connell has revealed the one piece of important life advice given to him by George Clooney while they acted opposite one another in 2016's Money Monster.

The Skins actor, 33, starred in the crime thriller, directed by Jodie Foster, alongside the ER star and Julia Roberts.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Jack revealed that George had urged him to delete his Instagram. 

Jack spoke of the 'bliss' of being free from social media and said he keeps fame away from his home life with stylist girlfriend Imogen Coates.

But the star, who is set to portray Blake Fielder-Civil in the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, admitted that it can be challenging to navigate how to conduct yourself when you have a high profile. 

In his next role, Jack plays singer the husband of singer Amy - who tragically died from alcohol poisoning aged just 27 in 2011 - alongside Industry's Marisa Abela, 27.

Back To Black, which has been endorsed by Amy's father Mitch (played by Eddie Marsan) has drawn outrage from the singer's pals who slammed it for it's 'ghoulish' depictions of the star's drug addiction and also filming her funeral.

But speaking about whether it was 'too soon' to make the biopic Jack defended the filmmakers asked what an 'acceptable timescale' would be. 

He told The Sunday Times: 'Put it like this: if we were trying to portray her in any form of negative light, then that might be a valid point and I can understand one or two people pre-empting that. But if you talk to Sam [Taylor-Johnson, director] we're not even calling this a biopic, it's a celebration.'

Jack went on to claim that he thought perhaps Amy's dad Mitch wanted to 'deck him' during his visits to the set and seeing him dressed as Blake. 

Blake, who was wed to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted introducing her to heroin and is seen by many of her fans as partly responsible for her untimely death.

The actor also revealed how he spent an afternoon with Amy's former husband, now 41, while preparing for the role. 

Last year Blake said he'd have done 'almost everything differently' in their relationship as he marked what would have been Amy's 40th birthday.

Blake, who rarely gives interviews, was asked by Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard what he would have done differently. He replied: 'Almost everything.'

He continued: 'It's sad but I wanted to say happy birthday to Amy. It's devastating she's not here. 

'I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I said my happy birthday to her, she was my best friend.

'If it wasn't for certain factors I think it could have been a different outcome. Everything happened very quickly for Amy. We were young.'

The biopic has drawn outrage from pals, with musician Neon Hitch, branding the film 'ridiculous' and 'tasteless', saying: 'I feel very strange. Can you please all let Amy rest?'

Friends voiced their fury with her father, after he allowed ghoulish scenes of Amy's drug overdose to be filmed at her old flat. Last February, Marisa was seen with an oxygen mask as she left the property in north London.

The flat is now owned by Mitch, who also features in the scene, as Eddie was seen filming alongside Marisa and other actors playing paramedics.

At the time, Amy's friends were devastated that her father had given his permission for the flat in Camden to be used to recreate one of his daughter's darkest moments, which took place in August 2008. 

It followed a 36-hour marathon drug-taking session, which ended with her checking in to the £10k-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation centre on Osea Island, Essex.