George Clooney was rushed to hospital after dramatic weight loss

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR ADOBE - George Clooney shares his favorite prank stories onstage at Adobe Summit on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Jeff Bottari/AP Images for Adobe)

George Clooney has revealed he was taken to hospital with excruciating stomach pains after losing almost two stone for his latest film.

The Hollywood actor both directs and stars in Netflix sci-fi movie The Midnight Sky, playing a lone scientist trying to warn a returning spaceship of catastrophe on Earth.