Tim Blake Nelson says George Clooney felt their SAG cards 'should have been revoked' after O Brot...

The character actor remembered the &34;overacting&34; in the film. Tim Blake Nelson says George Clooney felt their SAG cards 'should have been revoked' after O

The character actor remembered the "overacting" in the film.

Tim Blake Nelson says George Clooney felt their SAG cards 'should have been revoked' after O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The character actor remembered the "overacting" in the film.

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John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and George Clooney in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'. Credit:

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Tim Blake Nelson says *O Brother, Where Art Thou?*, which he stars in alongside George Clooney and John Turturro, is the movie that changed his life.

Sitting down for Vulture's* Role Call* series, Nelson remembered that he didn't realize the Coen brothers wanted him in the movie. Instead, he thought they had wanted him to consult on the script.

"I was sent the script by Joel [Coen] and he said, 'I need your advice,'" Nelson said. "And I read it and misinterpreted what he was saying, thinking that he wanted me to respond to their adaptation of Homer because I was a classics major. And then he said, 'No, we want you to play Delmar.'"

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The character actor felt he "had no business being a lead in a Coen Brothers movie" with Clooney and Turturro. However, he said his two costars were reassuring and generous to him. Turturro, who had worked on several Coen brothers films, "showed him the ropes" on set.

During some parts of the film, like the siren scene, Nelson said the trio went over-the-top with their acting. The *Watchmen* actor said he made his face like rubber during that particular scene.

"George likes to say that our SAG cards should have been revoked after *O Brother* came out because there was so much overacting from the three of us," he said.

Tim Blake Nelson during the siren scene in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'.

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Still, Nelson's performance helped introduce his work to wider audiences, a fact that he credits the Coen brothers with.

"It's pretty easy to deliver with that kind of writing and that kind of direction," he said. "And like with John Turturro and Holly Hunter, so many of these character actors whom they've put forward in their films and effectively introduced to the world, you know, I get to be one of those."

Check out the full segment of Vulture's *Role Call* with Tim Blake Nelson below.**

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