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 George Clooney
Interview By: Edward Kasche
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George Clooney, I gotta admit, I was surprised with the man and you may be too. He began the interview by saying he was hung over from the night before, but there was a good reason, and it’s not just that he’s part-Irish as he jokingly suggests. He had held a screening of his new film, Good Night, and Good Luck, attended by his father, Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, even his less than favorite person, Bill O’Reilly, amongst others. “It was a fun night for us, so I drank.” This seems up to par with what I knew of Mr. Clooney. We’ve all heard the stories of the Italian villa, the weekend parties, the models… he always seemed like a much cooler guy to hang out with and pick up chicks, than pay $10.50 to see on the screen. But Clooney isn’t just a playboy, playing actor. He’s an actor, director, screenwriter, and producer who just happens to know how to have a good time. I’m not a fan of ER, never was; nor did I particularly enjoy The Peacemaker, From Dusk Till Dawn, or Batman & Robin (in this case, the less said, the better). A slow, bumpy start like this can destroy an actor’s career, especially when the actor is already thirty-five years old and has been cutting his teeth in television. Things didn’t look good for Clooney’s blossoming film career. But then, something strange happened. The road went from rocky path to smooth highway. It seems to me that George began making decisions outside of the Hollywood mainstream, and he strung together Out of Sight, Three Kings, Ocean’s 11, The Thin Red Line, and two Coen Brothers’ films. While doing all this, he brought back the smooth coolness of the Rat Pack and worked with Soderbergh, David O’Russell, Malick, and other greats. Wow! What a change. Listening to him during this interview solidified my recent beliefs: Hollywood was holding George Clooney back. Good Night, and Good Luck is the story of Edward R. Murrow, the infamous news anchor who, for lack of a more in-depth discussion, engaged Senator Joseph McCarthy (he, of the blacklists and Communist-aggression fears) during the 1950s, in a debate over the Constituionality of what he was doing. Murrow is a cornerstone, a legend of broadcasting, a man of courage, integrity, social responsibility, and journalistic excellence. Clooney made it clear why this man, Murrow, was deserving of a film, and why he was the man to bring it into fruition. Clooney has background in news that helped guide him through the process of creating and filming Good Night, and Good Luck. His “daycare,” as he recollects, was his father’s newsroom and his chores involved holding tele-prompters and working around the set. He watched, he listened, and he learned. The quality and detail show through clearly now, so ... |
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