George ClooneyNow that Ocean’s playmates Matt Damon and Brad Pitt are are in the “new dads club”, George Clooney has found himself another co-star to hang around with instead: Ellen Barkin.

The Mirror is reporting that Ellen and George are dating after meeting on the film set and George has told friends he’s “electrified” by her.

The friend told the newspaper George enjoys the conversations he has with the 52 year old actress while Ellen is using George as a “shoulder to cry on” about her sudden divorce from husband Ron Perelman earlier this year.

The friend added: “she fancies him like mad and you can cut the sexual chemistry on set with a knife.”

“He is so different from her ex husband, which she loves.”