news culture “I regret making the damn Batman!” : This Hollywood star lets loose
Many stars regret that in the course of their careers they did not have the opportunity to play this or that role, or, on the contrary, got a certain role. Such is the case of this Hollywood star who wished he had never worn the Bat Man costume.
Ocean’s Eleven could have had a very different cast
We no longer need to introduce George Clooney, a talented actor who has starred in major cinema classics, starting with “One Night In Hell” by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, but also “O’Brother” and “Burn After Reading” by the Coen brothers. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity and of course Ocean’s Eleven, a successful film that has had two sequels: Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen. Next to, During a discussion of Steven Soderbergh’s saga, the Hollywood star dropped one of his title roles entirely.
For George Clooney, at the last TCM Classic Film Festival in 2023, many wanted to work with Steven Soderbergh, a rising star director who had just released the now iconic film “Traffic”. But Some did not immediately recognize the power of these films and refused to take part in the filming of Ocean’s Eleven.
This is the case, for example, with Mark Wahlberg and Johnny Depp, who today, in the words of George Clooney, bitterly regret not having signed for the Ocean saga when Steven Soderbergh proposed to them.
George Clooney is free!
While some actors regret missing out on a role, this is not the case for George Clooney who, on the contrary, blames himself for taking on a role. In the same discussion about Steven Soderbergh’s career The Monuments Men actor says – without giving a grain of salt – that he hated playing Batman.
Very famous people told us to fuck off (to join Ocean’s Eleven): Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp, there were many others. And today they regret it. I regret making that damn Batman. George Clooney
An understandable reaction, to say the least, because today Joel Schumacher’s “Batman and Robin”, a film released in 1997, is considered one of the worst superhero movies. Fortunately, despite this gap, the actor retained his fame and continued to film gigantic masterpieces of American cinema.
