We've seen several clashes between actors and directors, but this case still takes the cake
George Clooney has always stood out for representing the figure of a gentle and educated manand not for having played Batman. But even the perfect son-in-law can express their opinion and get out of the roleThe enmity between the director and Clooney goes back a long way, and that is because after working together in Tres Reyes (1999), The Hollywood star and David O. Russell did not end up having a good relationship.
In Tres Reyes we could see Clooney share the screen with Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cubeforming the film's leading trio. In the film, they are three soldiers who Instead of returning home after the Gulf War, They discover a location where Saddam Hussein hides a large treasure. Three Kings mix satire, war and a lot of humor, something that was missing in the filming.
We've seen several clashes between actors and directors, but this case still takes the cake
A few years ago, Clooney confessed in Playboy that filming Three Kings was undoubtedly “the worst experience of my life”. Some time later, in Entertainment Weekly confirmed that the problem came from David O. Russellwhere he stated that I would never work with him againdespite being a talented filmmaker.
In a conversation with Vanity Fair, He said he had come to blows with the directoras he was yelling and humiliating a team member. Clooney justified his reaction by saying that: “My job was to humiliate the people I was humiliating”.
George Clooney in Three Kings (1999)
Now, has not buried the hatchetand years later the actor is still at odds with Russell. Your opinion of him doesn't seem to have changed. and he still has no problems when it comes to expressing it. This very month, in an interview with QG, has stated:
When you get older, your time allocation is very different. Five months of your life is a lot. And it's not like, “Oh, I'm going to make a really good movie, like Three Kings, and I'm going to have some fucking bastard like David O. Russell making my life hell. Making every single person's life hell on the crew.” It's not worth it, not at this point in my life. I just want to have a good product.
George Clooney and David O. Russell
Although he continues to make great films, it is evident that Clooney He doesn't need to go through another bad experience on a film set to continue maintaining his intact career.. And it also seems clear that, Even though he is the king of coffee, I wouldn't reserve a moment of my life to have a drink with David O. Russell.
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