George Clooney has been off the debut at Broadway for weeks in a new 2005 -AD and Good night and good luck. But it seems that it will take him all the time to prepare.
During the performance Late Show with Stephen Colbert On Tuesday, February 18, the winner of Oscar said that despite writing a movie and a play (both with Grant Hesslov), the memory of his lines of “Nightmare”.
“I don’t remember the names of my children!” He joked Clooney, who shares seven -year -old twins Alexander and Ella with his wife Amal. “I’m 63 years old!”
“It’s weird. When I did that ErWe would make 12 pages of medical dialogue a day and you could just get in and take it out. I was 30 years old [old]”Clooney added, before demonstrating his recollection of the phrase” Supraventricular Tachycardia “, which he said” never made a mistake of “1994 drama.” Now I can’t remember anything. ”
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George Clooney in ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on February 18th.
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The play, like a movie, recounts the real story of journalist CBS News Edward R. Murrow, legendary exposure to senator Joseph McCarthy. On the screen, Clooney played news producer Fred Friendly, but on stage he will step into the shoes of Murrow – the role David Strathairna has earned for the 2006 Academy Award Nomination.
This will be Clooney’s first phase since 1986 MaliciousA play about the life of Sid Vicious, who worked in Los Angeles and later I in Chicago Steppenwolf Theater. His work in the play, as a male drug trader for a prostitute, earned him his first agent and camera work.
But even though he was fearless at the time, Clooney is feeling much different now.
“Honestly to God, literally, these are the very famous speeches that Murrow wrote and start to do them, and I just sit there going there:” Uhhh … I don’t remember, “Clooney said.” It’s a pure panic. ”
“I’m terrified,” he said, noticing how different the stage and screen are. “It’s a completely different beast. Yes, I’m afraid!”
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George Clooney, outside the Winter Garden Theater, where this March will make his debut on Broadway in ‘Good Night and Happiness’.
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Good night and good luck The show begins on Wednesday, March 12 at the Winter Garden Theater. The opening night was set for Thursday, April 3rd.
Clooney will join Good night and good luck Mac Brandt as Colonel Anderson, Will Dagger as Don Hewitt, Christopher Denham as John Aaron, Glenn Fleshler as Fred Friendly, Ilana Glazer as Shirley Wershba, Clark Gregg as Don Hollenbeck, Paul Gross, like William F. Paley, George, George like Ella, Carter Hudson as Joe Wershba, Fran Kranz as Palmer Williams, Jennifer Morris as Millie Green, Michael Nathason as Eddie Scott, Andrew Polk as Charlie Mack and Aaron Roman Weiner as Don Surine.
R. Ward Duffy, Joe Forbrich, Imani Rousselle, Greg Stuhr, JD Taylor and Sophia Tzougros round out the ensemble.
Tony’s winner David Comer will direct Good night and good luck on stage. Clooney directed the film, winning the Oscar nomination for his work and one for the original script. The movie was also nominated for the best picture.
By chance, Clooney won his Oscar the same night – though not Good night and good luck. Brought home a prestigious trophy for his side acting work in Siriana.
Marquee at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theater for ‘Good Night and Good luck’.
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Elsewhere Late showClooney opened why was it the right time to bring on Broadway now Good night and good luck,, A game described by Colbert as “a man in journalism that stood up against corporate and political interests.”
“Grant and I … wrote this 20 years ago because they called me a betrayal in the country because I was against the war in Iraq,” Clooney said. “We forever had this question in which power hates the fourth estate, hates journalism. And my father is anchor and journalist and we have always believed in the idea that when the other estates were left – a branch of the judiciary, the executive power [and the legislative branch] – When you all fail, you need that fourth estate. And this is the moment of us in the best order. And I like the idea of seeing you at the best of order, I think it’s exciting to do. ”
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