George Clooney joked that he had to “take out his liver and wash it” after surgery. his last visit to ireland.
The actor and director was interviewed by Miriam O’Callaghan about his new film on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning. the boys in the boat And he spoke fondly of his Irish roots and his intention to return to Ireland to further research his family tree.
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“Related to Ireland? clooney? Come on, come on! He said, “I had a great time visiting Ireland and met a lot of my Clooney relatives. We all left the country during the potato famine, and so did our family.”
Clooney’s great-grandfather left Kilkenny to start a new life in America in the 1840s, and when asked if he intended to return to Ireland to further research his Irish ancestry, Clooney jokingly replied, “Of course! I’m leaving. “After a week in Ireland, I took out my liver and washed it. I almost died, but I had a great time. I love Ireland.”
“Funnily enough, I went there in February and it was 40 degrees and sunny the whole time I was there. I can’t go back this year because I’m working. Last time I took my kids was… “When they were two years old,” but I want to bring them back so the whole family can understand what I’m saying. ”
the boys in the boatis Clooney’s latest directorial effort, telling the true story of the University of Washington’s rowing team’s participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Based on the 2013 book of the same name by Daniel James Brown, Callum Turner stars as Joe Lantz, a rower who is abandoned by his family but finds a new home on his college rowing team.
The team was a huge underdog in Berlin, and Clooney said that’s what drew him to this story.
“Well, I think all good sports movies, all the sports movies I grew up watching, are like this.” Hoosiers and yankees prideunderdogs are a good part of telling a good sports story.
“So when I read the book, I really liked it, but I knew it was going to be a difficult movie to make. was It’s a difficult movie to make! But we were fine because we have a bunch of really smart, talented, athletic young actors. ”
boys in the boat A grueling three-and-a-half month shoot, mostly on the water, followed, with Turner telling Miriam, “George led us to success. They made us Olympic gold medalists two months, one day. They gave us four hours of training and then put us in a situation where we could actually do it.”
The 1936 Berlin Olympics were of course used by Hitler as an example of Nazi Germany.
“Jesse Owens was there and an African-American raced for the highest position, so a lot happened,” Clooney said. “It wasn’t very well known at the time.
“Now we all know how bad the Nazis were, how bad Hitler was, but no one knew where it was going to go, and you can’t do that in 1936 — ‘These guys “They’re going to be your biggest enemies.”
the boys in the boat See Clooney return to the water for the first time since starring perfect storm When asked in 2000 why he came back to the theme of water, he said, “It’s stupid, to be honest. When you get to a certain age, you forget things. .
“Hooray perfect storm 20 years ago, I forgot how miserable it was. These boats were bigger than I expected and the oars made it impossible to get close, so the camera boat had to stay behind. If we step forward, our weight will tip us over.
“It was very complicated to shoot eight boats side by side at the same time, but you only have to get it right once, and that’s basically what we did.”
Turner has appeared before. Fantastic Beasts and Dumbledore’s Secret And its TV version war and peace, I’m about to start working with Eve Hewson The header, that is Henrik Ibsen’s famous 1891 stage play, header gabler.
“Eve is a good friend of mine,” said Clooney, who is friends with her father, Bono.
Clooney has worked primarily as a director for the past few years, but his new film “ Wolf Another film, directed by Noah Baumbach, who co-stars Brad Pitt and produced and co-wrote Barbie with his wife Greta Gerwig, is expected to be released in the coming months.
“I had a job, I had a job,” he mockingly indignantly said. “Sometimes you have to pay rent.”
Alan Corr @CorrAlan2
the boys in the boat will be released in theaters on January 12th.
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