Lily Rabe on The Tender Bar and What Surprised Her About Working with George Clooney

With director George Clooney’s The Tender Bar now streaming on Prime Video, I recently got to speak with Lily Rabe about making the film. Written by William Monahan and based on Pulitzer Prize-winning writer J.R. Moehringer’s memoir of the same name, the Massachusetts-set drama explores the relationship between the fatherless J.R. (Tye Sheridan) and his uncle (Ben Affleck), as they bond at a bar overflowing with colorful patrons. The film also stars Ron Livingston, Christopher Lloyd, Max Martini, Briana Middleton, Max Casella. Daniel Ranieri plays the young J.R. During the interview, Rabe talked about what surprised her about working with George Clooney, why she loved William Monahan’s script, how she prepares for a big scene that he knows will be tough to perform, what it was like telling her parents (Jill Clayburgh and David Rabe) that she wanted to become an actor, getting to work with Christopher Lloyd, and her reaction when she saw Daniel Ranieri’s viral video. Watch what Lily Rabe had to s