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George Clooney says 'ER' prepared him for twins

The actor starred on the first five seasons of the NBC medical drama.

By Annie Martin
George Clooney (R) and Amal Clooney attend the Cannes International Film Festival screening of "Money Monster" on May 12, 2016. The couple are expecting twins in June. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI
1 of 3 | George Clooney (R) and Amal Clooney attend the Cannes International Film Festival screening of "Money Monster" on May 12, 2016. The couple are expecting twins in June. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

March 29 (UPI) -- George Clooney says ER prepared him to become a dad to twins.

The 55-year-old actor joked in an interview with E! News that his role as pediatrician Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama prepped him to welcome kids with wife Amal Clooney.

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"I played a pediatrician on ER, so I know how to work on extra children," he quipped. "If there's any accidents, I'm there."

Julie Chen announced on The Talk in February that Amal is pregnant and expecting twins in June. Clooney, who spoke to E! while promoting his movie Suburbicon at CinemaCon, said he is thrilled to become a parent.

"Can you believe it? [I'm] even happier [than before]," he gushed. "I didn't know that we'd have kids. I was very happy that we were going to get married and then [a pregnancy] seemed like the next step."

Clooney married Amal in Venice, Italy, in September 2014 after less than a year of dating. He gave an update on the 39-year-old human rights lawyer an interview with Extra at the convention.

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"She is doing really great. She's amazing. I don't have anything to do. There is nothing I can do to help, but make tea and stuff," the star said.

Clooney starred as Dr. Ross in Seasons 1 through 5 of ER, and appeared in Seasons 6 and 15. He directed Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin and Julianne Moore in Suburbicon, which opens in theaters Nov. 3.

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